An assessment of heterogeneity within the lithospheric mantle, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica

• Main Author: Cohen, Shaina Marie
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Boston College 2016
• Subjects: crystallographic preferred orientation; deformation; lithospheric rheology; mantle xenolith; Marie Byrd Land; Antarctica; Antarctic; Avers; Bird Bluff; Byrd; Demas; Demas Bluff; Mount Avers; West Antarctica; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:106873

Thesis advisor: Seth C. Kruckenberg The West Antarctic rift system is one of the most expansive regions of extended continental crust on Earth, but relatively little is known about the structure of the mantle lithosphere in this region. This research aims to examine a suite of ultramafic mantle xeno...