Amphibole-bearing metamorphic clasts in ANDRILL AND-2A core: A provenance tool to unravel the Miocene glacial history in the Ross Embayment (western Ross Sea, Antarctica)

• Main Authors: PACE, DONATO, TALARICO F, SANDRONI S.
• Other Authors: Pace, Donato, Talarico, F, Sandroni, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Amphibole; Andrill; clast; Blue Glacier; Britannia; Britannia Range; Byrd; Byrd Glacier; Ross Sea; Royal Society Range; Skelton Glacier; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11590/124636

A petrological investigation of amphibole-bearing metamorphic clasts in the ANDRILL AND-2A core allows a detailed comparison with similar lithologies from potential source regions, leading to the identification of three distinct provenance areas in the present-day segment of the Transantarctic Mount...