CUMULATE INCLUSIONS FROM TURTLE ROCK, ROSS ISLAND, ANTARCTICA

Ultramafic to mafic cumulate inclusions in Late Cenozoic basanite at Turtle Rock off Ross Island, Antarctica, were used to propose a well-defined compositional variation of the constituent minerals. The Turtle Rock cumulate suite (dunite-wehrlite-clinopyroxenite-gabbro), composed of Fe-rich olivine,...

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Main Authors: ニイダ キヨアキ, カミヌマ カツタダ, シブヤ カズオ, Kiyoaki NIIDA, Katsutada KAMINUMA, Kazuo SHIBUYA
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University 1991
Subjects:
Ross Island
Turtle Rock
Antarc*
Antarctica
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Summary:Ultramafic to mafic cumulate inclusions in Late Cenozoic basanite at Turtle Rock off Ross Island, Antarctica, were used to propose a well-defined compositional variation of the constituent minerals. The Turtle Rock cumulate suite (dunite-wehrlite-clinopyroxenite-gabbro), composed of Fe-rich olivine, clinopyroxene, kaersutitic amphibole, plagioclase and Ti-Fe oxide minerals, has undeformed and unmetasomatized igneous cumulate textures. All the ferromagnesian minerals are Fe-rich (100Mg/(Mg+Fe)=87-60). Clinopyroxenes are dominant in the cumulates and are always Fe-, Ti-, and Al-rich fassaitic augites, of which compositional range is separated from that of the upper mantle clinopyroxenes. Kaersutitic amphibole, varying continuously from Ti-pargasite to kaersutite, has a chemical composition typical of amphibole found in subcontinental cumulate xenoliths.

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