Development of Viscous Fingering Between Mafic and Felsic Magmas: Evidence from the Terra Nova Intrusive Complex (Antarctica)

• Published in: Mineralogy and Petrology
• Main Authors: PERUGINI, Diego, POLI, Giampiero, Rocchi S.
• Other Authors: Perugini, Diego, Poli, Giampiero, Rocchi, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: magma mixing; interface morphology; viscosity ratio; viscous fingering; fractals; Vegetation Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11391/164970; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-004-0064-2

A wide range of types of contact morphology among mafic and felsic magmas are observed in outcrops on Vegetation Island (Terra Nova Intrusive Complex, Antarctica). Image analysis and fractal geometry techniques were applied for in-depth study of the mafic/felsic interface, with the aim of studying t...