Petrology and thermobarometry of pyroxene granulite and spinel lherzolite xenoliths from a modern continental rift, Royal Society Range, McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica

• Main Author: Moscati, Richard John
• Other Authors: Berg, Jonathan H., Department of Geology
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Northern Illinois University 1989
• Subjects: Geophysics > Antarctica; Petrology > Antarctica; Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; Transantarctic Mountains; Royal Society Range; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://commons.lib.niu.edu/handle/10843/16004

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) Basalts of the Erebus Volcanic Province, which have been erupted across the Transantarctic Mountains - Ross Embayment boundary, have brought up abundant xenoliths of both mantle and crustal origin. A wide range of lithologic types is represented in...