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)

• Published in: Geosphere
• Main Authors: TALARICO, F. M., Pace, D., Sandroni, S.
• Other Authors: Talarico, F. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Ross Sea; Transantarctic Mountains; Byrd; Byrd Glacier; Britannia; Skelton Glacier; Blue Glacier; Royal Society Range; Britannia Range; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11365/8109; https://doi.org/10.1130/GES00653.1

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