Isotopic and petrographic study of the Lonely Ridge Granodiorite, Nilsen Plateau, Antarctica

• Main Author: Felder, Robert Paul
• Other Authors: Faure, Gunter
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The Ohio State University 1979
• Subjects: Amundsen Glacier; Faure; Nilsen Plateau; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/69251

The Lonely Ridge Granodiorite is found on the Nilsen Plateau, which is located just south of the Amundsen Glacier in the central Transantarctic Mountains. The time of crystallization based on the Rb-Sr whole rock isochron method has been reported as approximately 620 m.y. ago. (Faure et al.) Subsequ...