Petrogenesis of the Rifted Southern Victoria Land Lithospheric Mantle, Antarctica, Inferred from Petrography, Geochemistry, Thermobarometry and Oxybarometry of Peridotite and Pyroxenite Xenoliths from the Mount Morning Eruptive Centre

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: Martin, Adam P., Price, Richard C., Cooper, Alan F., McCammon, Catherine A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2015
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Physical Sciences; Geochemistry & Geophysics; lithospheric mantle; oxygen fugacity; pyroxenite; spinel peridotite; eclogite; OROGENIC LHERZOLITE MASSIFS; SPINEL OXYGEN GEOBAROMETER; TRACE-ELEMENT COMPOSITIONS; MARIE-BYRD-LAND; NEW-ZEALAND; FERRIC IRON; CONTINENTAL-CRUST; INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM; MELT/ROCK REACTION; RONDA PERIDOTITE; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; Mount Morning; New Zealand; Pacific; Victoria Land; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11423; https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egu075

The lithospheric mantle beneath West Antarctica has been characterized using petrology, whole-rock and mineral major element geochemistry, whole-rock trace element chemistry and Mössbauer spectroscopy data obtained on a suite of peridotite (lherzolite and harzburgite) and pyroxenite xenoliths from t...