Granites of Edward VII Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land: anorogenic magmatism related to Antarctic-New Zealand rifting

• Published in: Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Main Authors: Weaver, S. D., Adams, C. J., Pankhurst, R. J., Gibson, I. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
• Subjects: Antarctic; Byrd; Edward VII Peninsula; Marie Byrd Land; New Zealand; Antarc*; Antarctica; W. Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263593300007963; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0263593300007963

ABSTRACT Syenogranites and monzogranites of Edward VII Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land, represent magmatism associated with continental rifting and the separation of New Zealand from W Antarctica in the mid-Cretaceous. These coarse-grained, leucocratic, subsolvus biotite granites occur as five small plut...