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Field mapping data and petrological collections for petrography, geochronology and geochemistry, of rocks from Mt Morning, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica
Entry ID:
K062_2004_2006_NZ_1
Summary
Abstract:
Mt Morning is the most southerly of a series of central type volcanoes that make up the McMurdo Volcanic Group of south Victoria Land. It is characterised by a trachyte - basanite - phonolite assemblage. The distribution of volcanic rock types exposed on the northern flanks of the volcano and Mason Spur (15 km south of the summit caldera) were mapped and a suite of samples were collected for ...
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Start Date:
2004-11-19
Stop Date:
2004-12-14
Start Date:
2005-11-14
Stop Date:
2005-12-16
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Paleo Start Date:
18Ma
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Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
+64 3 479 7515
Fax:
+64 3 479 7527
Email:
alan.cooper at stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Contact Address:
Department of Geology
University of Otago
PO BOX 56
City:
Dunedin
Postal Code:
9016
Country:
New Zealand
Publications/References
Cooper, A.F. Worley, B.A. Armstrong, R.A. Price, R.C. Synorogenic alkaline and carbonatitic magmatism in the Transantarctic Mountains of south Victoria Land, Antarctica. In: Antarctic region: geological evolution and processes; proceedings of the 7th Symposium on Antarctic Geological Sciences, Sienna, Sept 10-15, 1995.Ricci C.A. (ed) Sienna: Terra Antartica Publications. 1997. pp.245-252 ISBN 8890022108
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2008-10-31
Last DIF Revision Date:
2010-02-23
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