Metamorphic and geochronological evolution of the Kemp and MacRobertson Land coast, east Antarctica

• Main Author: Halpin, JA
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Tula; Forbes; Napier; Rayner; Kemp Land; MacRobertson Land; Mawson Coast; Stillwell Hills; Oygarden; Oygarden Group; Forbes Glacier; Cape Bruce; Havstein; Tula Mountains; Rippon Point; Broka; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/8484/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/8484/1/front_matter-absract-intro-halpin.pdf; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/8484/2/ch1-Halpin_thesis_07.pdf; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/8484/3/chap.2-Halpin_thesis_07.pdf; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/8484/4/ch_3-Halpin_thesis_07.pdf; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/8484/5/ch4-Halpin_thesis_07.pdf; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/8484/6/ch5-Halpin_thesis_07.pdf

Rocks of the Kemp and MacRobertson Land coastline, east Antarctica, expose a semi-continuous profile through the middle- to lower-crustal sections of a Neoproterozoic convergent orogen called the Rayner Complex. Kemp Land exposures are dominated by Archaean felsic orthogneiss interpreted to represen...