1 On the Long Distance Transport of Ferrar Magmas

• Main Author: Philip T. Leat
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Ferrar province; magma transport; LIP; geochemistry; dyke; sill; Fazio; Mount Fazio; New Zealand; Pensacola Mountains; Scarab Peak; Shackleton; Shackleton Range; Theron Mountains; Victoria Land; Whichaway Nunataks; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.574.636; http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/5911/1/Leat_LASI-IIpaper_pdf.pdf

The distribution and geochemical relationships of the Early Jurassic Ferrar large igneous province (LIP) are examined and it is concluded that they support the lateral flow model for the emplacement of the province, with a source along the strongly magmatic Early Jurassic Antarctica-Africa rifted ma...