Magma injection dynamics in the shallow Ferrar LIP (South Victoria Land, Antarctica)

• Main Author: Airoldi, Giulia Maria
• Other Authors: White, James D. L., Cooper, Alan, Zanella, Elena
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Otago 2011
• Subjects: Antarctica; Ferrar Large Igneous Province; Rock magnetism; Allan Hills; Solitary Rocks; Terra Cotta Mountain; Transantarctic Mountains; Victoria Land; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/616

Solidified remnants of major magma pathways, and localized clusters of smaller intrusive sheets, are exposed in the mountains of South Victoria Land, Antarctica. Together the intrusions represent the shallowest 2 km of the plumbing system for the Early Jurassic Ferrar Large Igneous Province. Three s...