Palæomagnetism of some dolerite intrusions from the Theron Mountains and Whichaway Nunataks, Antarctica

As a part of the scientific activity of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition a collection of eight oriented samples was made by Stephenson from dolerite sills and dykes in the region of the Theron Mountains, Shackleton Range and Whichaway Nunataks. The seven intrusions which have been sampled...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature
Main Authors: Blundell, D.J., Stephenson, P.J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 1959
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Antarctic
Shackleton
Tilting
Stephenson
Shackleton Range
Theron Mountains
Whichaway Nunataks
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/527153/
https://doi.org/10.1038/1841860a0
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Summary:As a part of the scientific activity of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition a collection of eight oriented samples was made by Stephenson from dolerite sills and dykes in the region of the Theron Mountains, Shackleton Range and Whichaway Nunataks. The seven intrusions which have been sampled bear petrological affinities with the Karroo Dolerites of South Africa and with the dolerite sills of Tasmania, and are thought to be of comparable age. They intrude flat-lying sediments and show no evidence of post-formational tilting.

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