The Chon Aike province of Patagonia and related rocks in West Antarctica: A silicic large igneous province

• Published in: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
• Main Authors: Pankhurst, R.J, Leat, P.T., Sruoga, P, Rapela, C.W, Márquez, M, Storey, B.C, Riley, T.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 1998
• Subjects: Patagonia; West Antarctica; Ibañez; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504224/; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0273(97)00070-X

The field occurrence, age, classification and geochemistry of the Mesozoic volcanic rocks of Patagonia and West Antarctica are reviewed, using published and new information. Dominated by rhyolitic ignimbrites, which form a bimodal association with minor mafic and intermediate lavas, these constitute...