Nature and evolution of the northern Victoria Land lithospheric mantle (Antarctica) as revealed by ultramafic xenoliths

• Main Authors: Coltorti, Massimo, Bonadiman, Costanza, Casetta, Federico, Faccini, Barbara, Giacomoni, Pier Paolo, Pelorosso, Beatrice, Perinelli, Cristina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 2021
• Subjects: Geology; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Victoria Land; Greene; Browning; Mount Melbourne; Browning Pass; Harrow Peaks; Overlord; Baker Rocks; Handler Ridge; Mount Overlord; Greene Point; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5303103; https://geolsoc.figshare.com/collections/Nature_and_evolution_of_the_northern_Victoria_Land_lithospheric_mantle_Antarctica_as_revealed_by_ultramafic_xenoliths/5303103

A review of northern Victoria Land ultramafic xenoliths, collected and studied over more than thirty years, was carried out. More than 200 samples were gathered and characterized in a coherent and comparative manner, both for mantle-derived and cumulate xenoliths. Almost 2000 analyses of major eleme...