Fault-controlled Ancient Hydrothermal Systems in North Victoria Land, Antarctica
Northern Victoria Land (NVL) at the Pacific end of the Transantarctic Mountains is a key region for understanding the geodynamics of East Antarctica and provides a window to its crustal architecture. The structural frame of NVL derives from polyphase tectonics and is mainly characterised by NW-SE st...
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ftunivgenova:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/920181 2024-01-28T10:01:00+01:00 Fault-controlled Ancient Hydrothermal Systems in North Victoria Land, Antarctica Laura Crispini Giovanni Capponi Andreas Läufer Frank Lisker Crispini, Laura Capponi, Giovanni Läufer, Andrea Lisker, Frank 2018 ELETTRONICO http://hdl.handle.net/11567/920181 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/isbn/978-0-948277-54-2 ispartofbook:POLAR2018 - Abstract Proceedings POLAR2018-Where the Poles come together- SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference firstpage:2106 lastpage:2106 numberofpages:1 http://hdl.handle.net/11567/920181 info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject 2018 ftunivgenova 2024-01-03T17:54:51Z Northern Victoria Land (NVL) at the Pacific end of the Transantarctic Mountains is a key region for understanding the geodynamics of East Antarctica and provides a window to its crustal architecture. The structural frame of NVL derives from polyphase tectonics and is mainly characterised by NW-SE striking lineaments, which transect the NVL crust and the Cenozoic rift basins of the Ross Sea and which are responsible for the reactivation of inherited Paleozoic - Mesozoic discontinuities. We present preliminary data on regional scale metasomatic and hydrothermal alterations linked to different exhumed fault systems in NVL. Main hydrothermal alterations are: (i) Mg-Ca- carbonation and silicification of mafic and ultramafic rocks along faults and brittle-ductile shear zones at the boundary between the Wilson and Bowers terranes; (ii) Mg-Ca-Fe carbonation of metavolcanic rocks accompanied by syntectonic carbonate coatings on fault planes, hydraulic brecciation, and quartz-carbonate veining in the Bowers Terrane and at the Bowers-Robertson Bay terranes boundary; (iii) epidote and chlorite indurated gouge and cataclasite in fault cores in granitoid rocks and epidotization of metabasalt in the Lanterman Range and in the Bowers Terrane and in Ferrar Dolerite. We discuss the fluid-rock interaction during faulting and the relevance of these hydrothermal systems in reconstructing the tectonic history of this sector of the Transantartic Mountains Conference Object Antarc* Antarctica East Antarctica Ross Sea Victoria Land Università degli Studi di Genova: CINECA IRIS East Antarctica Ross Sea Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains Pacific Bowers ENVELOPE(164.083,164.083,-85.000,-85.000) Robertson Bay ENVELOPE(170.000,170.000,-71.417,-71.417) Lanterman Range ENVELOPE(163.167,163.167,-71.667,-71.667) |
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Northern Victoria Land (NVL) at the Pacific end of the Transantarctic Mountains is a key region for understanding the geodynamics of East Antarctica and provides a window to its crustal architecture. The structural frame of NVL derives from polyphase tectonics and is mainly characterised by NW-SE striking lineaments, which transect the NVL crust and the Cenozoic rift basins of the Ross Sea and which are responsible for the reactivation of inherited Paleozoic - Mesozoic discontinuities. We present preliminary data on regional scale metasomatic and hydrothermal alterations linked to different exhumed fault systems in NVL. Main hydrothermal alterations are: (i) Mg-Ca- carbonation and silicification of mafic and ultramafic rocks along faults and brittle-ductile shear zones at the boundary between the Wilson and Bowers terranes; (ii) Mg-Ca-Fe carbonation of metavolcanic rocks accompanied by syntectonic carbonate coatings on fault planes, hydraulic brecciation, and quartz-carbonate veining in the Bowers Terrane and at the Bowers-Robertson Bay terranes boundary; (iii) epidote and chlorite indurated gouge and cataclasite in fault cores in granitoid rocks and epidotization of metabasalt in the Lanterman Range and in the Bowers Terrane and in Ferrar Dolerite. We discuss the fluid-rock interaction during faulting and the relevance of these hydrothermal systems in reconstructing the tectonic history of this sector of the Transantartic Mountains |
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Crispini, Laura Capponi, Giovanni Läufer, Andrea Lisker, Frank |
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Laura Crispini Giovanni Capponi Andreas Läufer Frank Lisker |
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Laura Crispini Giovanni Capponi Andreas Läufer Frank Lisker Fault-controlled Ancient Hydrothermal Systems in North Victoria Land, Antarctica |
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Laura Crispini Giovanni Capponi Andreas Läufer Frank Lisker |
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Laura Crispini |
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Fault-controlled Ancient Hydrothermal Systems in North Victoria Land, Antarctica |
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Fault-controlled Ancient Hydrothermal Systems in North Victoria Land, Antarctica |
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Fault-controlled Ancient Hydrothermal Systems in North Victoria Land, Antarctica |
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Fault-controlled Ancient Hydrothermal Systems in North Victoria Land, Antarctica |
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Fault-controlled Ancient Hydrothermal Systems in North Victoria Land, Antarctica |
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fault-controlled ancient hydrothermal systems in north victoria land, antarctica |
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ENVELOPE(164.083,164.083,-85.000,-85.000) ENVELOPE(170.000,170.000,-71.417,-71.417) ENVELOPE(163.167,163.167,-71.667,-71.667) |
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East Antarctica Ross Sea Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains Pacific Bowers Robertson Bay Lanterman Range |
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East Antarctica Ross Sea Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains Pacific Bowers Robertson Bay Lanterman Range |
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Antarc* Antarctica East Antarctica Ross Sea Victoria Land |
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Antarc* Antarctica East Antarctica Ross Sea Victoria Land |
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