Mantle rocks in East Antarctica

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Memoirs
• Main Authors: Foley, SF, Andronikov, AV, Halpin, JA, Daczko, NR, Jacob, DE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of London 2021
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geology; Igneous and metamorphic petrology; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Gaussberg; Haskard Highlands; Jetty Peninsula; Shackleton; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1144/M56-2020-8; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/149185

Only three localities of mantle xenoliths are known from all of East Antarctica, occurring at the Jetty Peninsula (LambertAmery Rift), Vestfold Hills and Gaussberg volcano. The latter two are spinel-facies peridotites, whereas the Jetty Peninsula rocks also include garnet-spinel lherzolites; all com...