Nature and Evolution of the Upper Mantle beneath Heard Island

• Other Authors: O'REILLY, SUZANNE (hasPrincipalInvestigator), O'REILLY, SUZANNE (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: geoscientificInformation; LITHOSPHERIC PLATE MOTION; EARTH SCIENCE; SOLID EARTH; TECTONICS; PLATE TECTONICS; DESCRIPTION; GEOLOGY; HEARD ISLAND; LATITUDE; LOCATION; LONGITUDE; MU NUMBER; SAMPLE NUMBER; FIELD SURVEYS; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA > GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; Southern Ocean; Kerguelen; Heard Island; New Zealand; Heard; McDonald Islands
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/nature-evolution-upper-heard-island/699635; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/554ACADFE35E6; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1243; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

This project is using ultramafic xenoliths - samples of the mantle beneath Heard Island to study the formation and evolution of the Kerguelen-Heard Plateau. Such plateaus are thought to represent an important stage in the formation of continents over the earths history. Additionally, new evidence su...