Tab. 1: Mineralogical composition and chemical analyses of major and trace elements of Ameghino Formation rocks

• Main Authors: Scasso, R A, Grunenberg, Thomas, Bausch, W M
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: Aluminium oxide; Ameghino; Ameghino Formation; Antarctic Peninsula; Calcite; Calcium oxide; Chlorite; Feldspar; Geological sample; GEOS; Illite; Iron oxide; Fe2O3; Lithology/composition/facies; Magnesium oxide; Manganese oxide; Minerals; Phosphorus oxide; Plagioclase; Potassium oxide; Pyrite; Quartz; Rubidium; Sample code/label; Sample ID; Silicon dioxide; Smectite; Sodium oxide; Strontium; Sulfur; total; Titanium dioxide; Zinc; Zirconium; Antarctic; Antarc*; Polarforschung
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.763364; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.763364

As a result of a petrographical, mineralogical and geochemical characterization of the Ameghino Formation mudstones (Upper Jurassic- Lower Cretaceous, Antarctic Peninsula), "epiclastic" radiolaria-rich and mixed (radiolaria-rich + tuff) mudstone types were recognized. Contents of clastic m...