Amphibole-bearing metamorphic clasts in ANDRILL AND-2A core: A provenance tool to unravel the Miocene glacial history in the Ross Embayment (western Ross Sea, Antarctica)

• Published in: Geosphere
• Main Authors: Sonia Sandroni, Donato Pace, Franco M Talarico
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: NEANIAS Atmospheric Research Community; Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage; Stratigraphy; Geology; Blue Glacier; Britannia; Britannia Range; Byrd; Byrd Glacier; Ross Sea; Royal Society Range; Skelton Glacier; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/105141; https://doi.org/10.1130/ges00653.1

A petrological investigation of amphibole-bearing metamorphic clasts in the ANDRILL AND-2A core allows a detailed comparison with similar lithologies from potential source regions, leading to the identification of three distinct provenance areas in the present-day segment of the Transantarctic Mount...