1.60 Ga felsic volcanic blocks in the moraines of the Terre Adélie Craton, Antarctica: comparisons with the Gawler Range Volcanics, South Australia

• Main Authors: Peucat, J-J, Capdevila, R, Fanning, Christopher, Menot, R P, Pecora, L, Testut, L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2015
• Subjects: Keywords: geochemistry; geochronology; moraine; petrography; Precambrian; stratigraphic correlation; volcanic rock; Antarctica; Australia Antarctica; Felsic volcanics; Gawler Range Volcanics; Geochemistry; Moraines; Rodinia; South Australia; Terre Adélie Craton; Terre Adélie; Terre-Adélie; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/94241

Rhyodacite and rhyolite blocks found in numerous moraines on the Terre Adélie Craton in Antarctica are samples of a high-temperature high-K calc-alkaline to alkali-calcic igneous suite emplaced at ca 1.60 Ga. They comprise lavas and pyroclastic rocks, in