Melt origin across a rifted continental margin: A case for subduction-related metasomatic agents in the lithospheric source of alkaline basalt, NW Ross Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: Panter, Kurt S., Castillo, Paterno, Krans, Susan, Deering, Chad, McIntosh, William, Valley, John W., Kitajima, Kouki, Kyle, Philip, Hart, Stan, Blusztajn, Jerzy
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech 2018
• Subjects: 40Ar/39Ar ages; Geochemistry; Sr-Nd-Pb-O isotopes; West Antarctic rift system; Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences; Geological Engineering; Mining Engineering; Adare; Adare Basin; Antarctic; Pacific; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/15199; https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egy036

Alkaline magmatism associated with the West Antarctic rift system in the NW Ross Sea (NWRS) includes a north-south chain of shield volcano complexes extending 260km along the coast of Northern Victoria Land (NVL), numerous small volcanic seamounts located on the continental shelf and hundreds more w...