First evidence of a “Barrovian”-type metamorphic regime in the Ross orogen of the Byrd Glacier area, central Transantarctic Mountains

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Talarico, F.M., Stump, E., Gootee, B.F., Foland, K.A., Palmeri, R., Van Schmus, W.R., Brand, P.K., Ricci, C.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
• Subjects: Byrd; Byrd Glacier; Mount Dick; Selborne; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102007000594; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102007000594

Abstract The Selborne Group comprises two metamorphic rock units, the muscovite±dolomite bearing Madison Marble and the biotite-muscovite±quartz-calcite Contortion Schist, which contains thick lenses of variably deformed metabasalts and metaconglomerates. Petrological and structural data indicate a...