Petrography and petrology of a basanitoid flow from Hut Point Peninsula, Antarctica

• Main Author: Hunter, William Clay
• Other Authors: Stuckless, John S., Department of Geology
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Northern Illinois University 1974
• Subjects: Basalt; Petrology > Antarctica; Hut Point; Hut Point Peninsula; Ross Island; Titan; Transantarctic Mountains; Twin Crater; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://commons.lib.niu.edu/handle/10843/24857

Includes bibliographical references. Includes illustrations and maps. Basaltic rocks of the Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Antarctica, are a part of a linear trend of volcanic occur­rences which parallel the Transantarctic Mountains for 2000 km. Structural relations suggest the tensional nature o...