Abstract:
Initial work during the 2001/2002 field season commenced with reconnaissance and sampling in northeast Palmer Land. Over a two month period, outcrop from the Welch Mountains to the Eternity Range was visited, the geology described, and mafic dyke samples collected for analysis. This was followed by a further two months based on the ship HMS Endurance, carrying out helicopter assisted sampling of numerous islands and coastal localities along the western and eastern margin of northern Graham Land. Approximately 200 rock samples (400kg of dyke and host rock at Palmer land and 80kg at nine localities in Graham Land) were collected.
Keywords:
dyke, rock powder, rocks, thin sections
| Access Constraints: | Requests for data can be made via the UK Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) at BAS. |
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| Creation Date: | 2009-04-15 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | UK PDC |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Philip Leat |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Alan P M Vaughan |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Alison Dean |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Reference: | Ferraccioli, F., Jones, P.C., Vaughan, A.P.M. and Leat, P.T. 2006. New aerogeophysical view of the Antarctic Peninsula: more pieces, less puzzle. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, Lo5310, 1-4 Leat, P.T., Dean, A.A., Millar, I.L., Kelley, S.P., Vaughan A.P.M. and Riley, T.R. 2005. Lithospheric mantle domains beneath Antarctica, Geological Society Special Publications , 246 , Geological Society of London , 15 , Terrane Processes at the Margins of Gondwana , 1-86239-179-3 Leat, P. T., Dean, A.A., Vaughan, A. P. M. and Millar, I.L. 2004. Lithospheric mantle domains beneath Antarctica. Antarctic Funding Initiative, Third Workshop, New Hall, Cambridge, 28 -29 September 2004 Dean, A., Leat, P., Vaughan, A. 2003. Identifying terranes in the Antarctic Peninsula using primitive basalt dykes as lithospheric probes. Antarctic Funding Initiative, Second Workshop, New Hall, Cambridge, 2-3 October 2003 Dean, A., Leat, P., Vaughan, A. 2002. Identifying terranes in the Antarctic Peninsula using primitive basalt dykes as lithospheric probes. Antarctic Funding Initiative, First Workshop, New Hall, Cambridge, 24 Sep 2002 AFI project no: 02/37. Identifying terranes in the Antarctic Peninsula using primitive basalt dykes as lithospheric probes |
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| Start Date | 2001-11-01 |
| End Date | 2002-02-28 |
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| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -73 |
| Northernmost | -65 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -65 |
| Easternmost | -63 |
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| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
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| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Detailed Location | northeast Palmer Land; Trinity Peninsula, northern Graham Land |
| Data Storage: | The rock samples are managed by the UK Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) Geological Data Manager at BAS, and held in the rock store. There are approximately 200 rocks with reference numbers Z1851-Z1875. |
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