Petrogenesis of metamorphic rocks within a subduction‐accretion terrane, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands

• Published in: Journal of Metamorphic Geology
• Main Authors: STOREY, B. C., MENEILLY, A. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1985
• Subjects: Signy Island; South Orkney Islands
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1314.1985.tb00303.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1525-1314.1985.tb00303.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1525-1314.1985.tb00303.x

Abstract Whole‐rock and mineral analyses of polydeformed mica‐schist, quartzite, marble and amphibolite are presented from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, part of the Scotia metamorphic complex. Whole‐rock chemistry suggests that the amphibolites are the metamorphosed equivalent of enriched thol...