The nature of the West Antarctic Rift System as revealed by noble gases in mantle minerals

• Published in: Chemical Geology
• Main Authors: Correale A., Pelorosso B., RIZZO, ANDREA LUCA, Coltorti M., Italiano F., Bonadiman C., Giacomoni P. P.
• Other Authors: Correale, A., Pelorosso, B., Rizzo, ANDREA LUCA, Coltorti, M., Italiano, F., Bonadiman, C., Giacomoni, P. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic Rift; Fluid inclusions; Mantle xenolith; Metasomatism; Noble gases; SCLM; Antarctic; Baker Rocks; Greene; Greene Point; Handler Ridge; Mount Erebus; Victoria Land; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2407247; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.06.020; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009254119303158

The noble gases He, Ne and Ar in fluid inclusions from mantle xenoliths at three localities in Northern Victoria Land (Baker Rocks, Greene Point and Handler Ridge), spanning about 300 km, provide new constraints on the nature of the lithospheric mantle beneath the West Antarctic Rift System (WARS)....