Mineral analysis and geochemistry of Muehlig-Hofmannfjella granitoids, Central Drooning Maud Land, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: D'Souza, Mervin, Prasad, A V Keshava, Ravindra, Rasik
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2007
• Subjects: 20th_Indian_Antarctic_Expedition; Dronning Maud Land; Antarctica; MAO_19A; MHO_04; MHO_15A; MHO_16; MHO_18A; MHO_22; MHO_24; MHO_25A; MHO_28; MHO_29; MHO_33; MHO_35; OUTCROP; Outcrop sample; Sampling on land; East Antarctica; Muehlig-Hofmannfjella; Mühlig-Hofmannfjella; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.611560; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.611560

Ferrosilite-fayalite bearing charnockite and biotite-hornblende bearing granite are exposed in Mühling-Hofmannfjella, central Dronning Maud Land of East Antarctica. Both are interpreted as essentially parts of a single pluton in spite of their contrasting mineral assemblages. Based on petrologic and...