Mineral magnetic properties of granodiorite, metagabbro and microgabbro of Petermann Island, West Antarctica

• Main Authors: Ponomar, Vitalii Pavlovych, Gavryliv, Liubomyr Igorovych
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Masaryk Univerzity 2018
• Subjects: Graham Land; rock magnetic properties; magnetite; thermomagnetic analysis; West Antarctica; Petermann Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/12918

The research focuses on studying the magnetic properties and mineralogy of iron-bearing minerals of granodiorite, metagabbro, and microgabbro of Petermann Island, West Antarctica. The predominant iron-bearing minerals of the rocks are ilmenite, magnetite, and iron sulphides. Magnetite in metagabbro...