Plutonic processes in transitional oceanic plateau crust: Structure, age and emplacement of the South Rallier du Baty laccolith, Kerguelen Islands

• Published in: Terra Nova
• Main Authors: Ponthus, Léandre, de Saint Blanquat, Michel, Guillaume, Damien, Le Romancer, Marc, Pearson, Norman, O’Reilly, Suzanne, Grégoire, Michel
• Other Authors: Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Geology; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Rallier du Baty
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ter.12471; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fter.12471; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ter.12471; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/ter.12471

Abstract The syenitic rocks of South Rallier du Baty Intrusive Complex (SRBIC) represent intrusions into the oceanic plateau basalts of the south‐western Kerguelen Islands. The SRBIC was previously interpreted as a typical ring complex due to magma emplacement with cauldron subsidence. Our new struc...