Geochemical and Mineralogical Analysis of the Larsen Granodiorite, Miers Valley, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Main Author: Shaban, Kujtim
• Other Authors: Lyons, W. Berry
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The Ohio State University 2015
• Subjects: Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Koettlitz Group; Southern Victoria Land; Mineralogy; Larsen Granodiorite; Miers Valley; Koettlitz Glacier; Marshall Valley; McMurdo Sound; Miers; Victoria Land; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/68622

Miers Valley, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica is located south of Marshall Valley and west of Koettlitz Glacier on the west coast of McMurdo Sound. It is part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys and is ice-free; the region is one of the world’s most extreme deserts in the world. The basement rocks in the...