 | Matsumoto, Genki I., Machihara, Tsutomu, Suzuki, Noriyuki, Funaki, Minoru, Watanuki, Kunihiko (1987) Steranes and triterpanes in the Beacon Supergroup samples from southern Victoria Land in Antarctica. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 51 (10) 2663-2671 doi:10.1016/0016-7037(87)90147-5 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Supergroup samples from southern Victoria Land in Antarctica GENKII. MATSUMOTO’,TSLJTOMU MACHIHARA’,NORIYUKISUZUK...wood) from Allan HilIs and Carapace Nunatak of southern Victoria Land in Antarctica were studied to elucidate...influence of microorganisms, while those of the Carapace Nunatak sampIe may be largely due to fern spores....the Beacon Supergroup at ABan HiIls and Campace Nunatak during Jurassic time. Thermal stresses on the Beacon...Transantarctic Mountains, the largest mountain chain in Antarctica. This chain extends 4000 km, with a highest peak |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and rind formation in analog environments like Antarctica may provide clues to rock alteration and therefore...alteration in the chemically immature Carapace Sandstone from Antarctica, a terrestrial analog for martian...methods we find that primary basaltic material in the Carapace Sandstone is pervasively altered to hydrated clay...(oxy)hydroxides. This alteration sequence in the Carapace Sandstone results from decreased water–rock interaction...hand sample scale. Our results also suggest that basalt-derived sediments could have sourced significant |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | interval of Jurassic continental flood basalt volcanism in Antarctica as demonstrated by 4°Ar/39Ar geochronology...Abstract A continental flood basalt province, the Ferrar Group (Kirkpatrick Basalt and Ferrar Dolerite), crops...along 3000 km of the Transantarctic Mountains in Antarctica and is temporally related to the break-up of...193 Ma, have been published for the Kirkpatrick Basalt, it is now recognized that the young dates reflect...the timing of volcanism along the outcrop belt. Basalt samples have been studied from the three principal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | peperite formation: coal peperite, Coombs Hills, Antarctica M.K. McClintock , J.D.L. White Geology Department...Coombs Hills, Antarctica, in rocks of the Mawson Formation, where Ferrar Supergroup basalt encountered...glass-rich, basalt-dominated coal fragment^matrix peperite, and then into coherent basalt. Initial interaction...locally brecciated the coal. Subsequent mingling of basalt with a slurry of coal fragments and water, driven...by viscosity and density contrasts between the basalt and the slurry and by flow inhomogeneities in intruding |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | plagioclase and glass from the Kirkpatrick Basalt, Antarctica K.A. Foland, T.H. Fleming, A. Heimann" and...glass sample of the Kirkpatrick Basalt from Victoria Land, Antarctica. These results are used to address:...Kirkpatrick Basalt_ The precise age of the Kirkpatrick Basalt has been a long standing problem; the wide range...basalts and dolerites of the Ferrar Group in Antarctica as well as a number of other provinces, for example...(Fitch and Miller, 1984) and the Newark Group of eastern North America (Sutter, 1985 ). Under'~Present address: |  | | Report (issue) | | multiple volcanic events in North Victoria Land, Antarctica: A revised stratigraphic model R. Schöner,1 L...Field investigations in North Victoria Land, Antarctica during GANOVEX IX (2005/2006) allow the revision...in North Victoria Land, Antarctica: A revised stratigraphic model, in Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing...3133/of2007-1047.srp102 Introduction The Ferrar Province in Antarctica is one of the large igneous provinces that was...volcaniclastic deposits in North Victoria Land, Antarctica: A revised stratigraphic model horizons within |  | | Report (chapter) | | forms a linear outcrop belt for 3250 km across Antarctica, which then diverges into SE Australia and New...The Ferrar LIP, which crops out principally in Antarctica but extends to SE Australia and New Zealand (Fig...by a cross in East Antarctica. and SE Australia. The outcrop pattern in Antarctica is controlled mainly...rocks overlain by flood lavas of the Kirkpatrick Basalt, which attain a maximum extant thickness of approximately... 1995). No strata younger than the Kirkpatrick Basalt lavas are present in the Transantarctic Mountains |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lava flows, Mesa Range, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica G. Faure and T.M. Mensing Department of Geological...supported by paleomagnetic evidence indicating that the basalt flows of the Mesa Range and the Litell Rocks as...area during the separation of Australia from Antarctica. I. Introduction The Transantarctic Mountains...Dolerite and basaltic lava flows of the Kirkpatrick Basalt. Both groups of rocks are believed to be Jurassic...in the sedimentary interbeds of the Kirkpatrick Basalt, including leaf impressions (Plumstead, 1962 ) |  | | Report (chapter) | | Abstract: Magmatic and tectonic activity in Antarctica associated 'with the early stages of continental...rocks inboard of the arc; and a continental flood basalt province (the Gondwana low-Ti province). Silicic...the requirement, in the case of continental flood basalt provinces, that large volumes of magma be produced...produced over short periods. In this model, flood basalt volcanism should precede rifting of the continental...Jurassic Ferrar Group of Antarctica constitute a continental flood basalt province with a relatively |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Subcontinental Mantle: Evidence From the Ferrar Group, Antarctica Philip R. Kyle Institute of Polar Studies, The...Dolerites) of the Jurassic Ferrar Group from Antarctica and dolerite sills from Tasmania, Australia are...components. Tholeiitic basalt and dolerite of the Ferrar Group of Antarctica have an average 8VSr/a6Sr...Jurassic tholeiite intrusives and extrusives in East Antarctica and frequency histograms of initial 8VSr/86Srratios...basis. Rock types are indicated in the histograms; basalt flows and extrusive rocks (cross-hatched), dolerite |  | Fleming, Thomas H., Elliot, David H., Jones, Lois M., Bowman, John R., Siders, Mary A. (1992) Chemical and isotopic variations in an iron-rich lava flow from the Kirkpatrick Basalt, north Victoria Land, Antarctica: implications for low-temperature alteration. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 111 (4) 440-457 doi:10.1007/bf00320900 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lava flow from the Kirkpatrick Basalt, north Victoria Land, Antarctica: implications for low-temperature...of the Kirkpatrick Basalt from the Mesa Range in north Victoria Land, Antarctica. The flow is homogeneous...Dolerite, the Dufek layered intrusion, the Kirkpatrick Basalt, and minor volcanogenic sediments and pyroclastic...studies on the Kirkpatrick Basalt Early geochemical studies of the Kirkpatrick Basalt centered on lava sequences...al. 1974a, 1979, 441 I ...... t,~ ~ ,'1 Antarctica ,=en Maud Land ~45"W Theron Mts. ~ t~ " + |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the Jurassic Ferrar Large Igneous Province, Antarctica David H. Elliot1and Thomas H. Fleming2 Department...consisting of pyroclastic strata overlain by Kirkpatrick Basalt lavas. The Dufek intrusion occurs in deformed supracrustal...(Paran6 LIP). The Jurassic Ferrar tholeiites of Antarctica, because of age, tectonics and climate, provide...rocks. 40Ar/39Arage determinations of the FLIP in Antarctica show that it was emplaced over a short time interval...original areal extent of 3 . 5 ~ 1 km2. 0 ~ In Antarctica the FLIP consists of the layered basic Dufek |  | | Book | | DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4612-3238-4 Preface Today, Antarctica is a vast wilderness of nearly 14,000,000 square...high winds also serves to make the climate of Antarctica inhospitable to most forms of life. Because the...precipitation, it is classified as a desert. Life on Antarctica today is restricted to only a few invertebrate...various types of algae, the most common plants in Antarctica consist of bryophytes and lichens that occur...to exist south of 65°S, a grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and a member of the pink family (Colobananthus |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pubhshers B V Cenozoic along or just offshore of the eastern side of the T A M This side of the mountains, which...represent the boundary between East and West Antarctica [3] Llthospherlc stretching models [5] have been...overriding by east Antarctica of anomalously hot asthenosphere formed under west Antarctica in the late Cretaceous...Dolerlte) and their extrusion as lavas (Klrkpatrlck Basalt) [2] Beacon strata and dolerite sills usually parallel...;,o0 SEA ~ 7 ~ "-~ , ~--~.\- 150°E / , Antarctica ~, / I %° (~<~---'~ (~_ ~..,\ .,.~ ~b Basin |  | Lemna, O.S., Bachtadse, V., Kirscher, U., Rolf, C., Petersen, N. (2016) Paleomagnetism of the Jurassic Transantarctic Mountains revisited — Evidence for large dispersion of apparent polar wander within less than 3Myr. Gondwana Research, 31. 124-134 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2015.01.002 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Handling Editor: J.G. Meert Keywords: Paleomagnetism Antarctica Jurassic a b s t r a c t The Transantarctic...Kirkpatrick basalts of Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, where 157 oriented paleomagnetic samples were...the apparent polar wander path (APWP) for East Antarctica during Jurassic times is still a matter of some...representative for the true Jurassic paleopole for Antarctica, whereas the high latitude cluster ⁎ Corresponding...(Luyendyk et al., 1996), separating East and West Antarctica in post-Early Cretaceous time (Grindley & Oliver |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ice-cap and bounded by a major fault zone on its eastern side. Offset dolerite sills at Mt. Doorly show...of the world. They extend some 3500 km across Antarctica from northern Victoria Land to the Weddell Sea...dominantly Mesozoic/Cenozoic terrains of West Antarctica. The geological setting of the range has recently...context with regard to the geological evolution of Antarctica by Elliot [2]. The regional geology of south...Ferrar Dolerite and the flows of the Kirkpatrick Basalt [3]. In south Victoria Land the sills of the Ferrar |  | | Book | | 1985 with his map of the McMurdo Sound area of Antarctica. We are pleased to republish these paintings...during the 1969/1970 field season. Prolog Antarctica! The very word brings to mind images of fierce...winds, bone-chilling cold, and utter desolation. Antarctica has the reputation of being a hostile place unfit...worked there have a very different impression of Antarctica. To us it is a place of unsurpassed beauty where...biological processes work in this unique environment. Antarctica is also a continent without borders where scientists |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | signature of Ferrar magmas, north Victoria Land, Antarctica Received: 6 July 1994/Accepted: 23 March 1995...177 Ma Kirkpatrick Basalt and Ferrar Dolerite from north Victoria Land, Antarctica, are examined in order...crustal history of magmas of the Ferrar Group of Antarctica (Fig. 1) which extends along the Transantarctic...Beardmore GI. ra O ~._ 80OS "~ p \ Kirkpatrick Basalt )ace Nun. 1"-7 Ferrar Dolerite and Dufek Gabbro...180° ~ D~ m Fig. l Geologic sketch map of Antarctica showing the distribution of the Ferrar Group |  | Salvatore, M., Truitt, K., Roszell, K., Lanza, N., Rampe, E., Mangold, N., Dehouck, E., Wiens, R., Clegg, S. (2019) Investigating the role of anhydrous oxidative weathering on sedimentary rocks in the Transantarctic Mountains and implications for the modern weathering of sedimentary lithologies on Mars. Icarus, 319. 669-684 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2018.10.007 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2009b; Mahaney et M al., 2012). Specifically in Antarctica, alteration rinds have been shown to preserve...homogeneous dolerites (diabase, or shallow intrusive basalt) that were previously studied (Salvatore et al...the diverse range of igneous (e.g., Kirkpatrick Basalt, Granite Harbour Intrusives) or metamorphic lithologies...dolerites in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) of Antarctica, is observed as discolored alteration rinds at...glacial moraine sequences in Vernier Valley, Antarctica. These AN US rinds represent modern and ongoing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | comparison of the Mesozoic basaltic rocks of Antarctica, South Africa, South America and Tasmania W ...widespread tholeiitic Jurassic Ferrar Dolerites of Antarctica are characterized b y a high initial Sr s7 :...Mesozoic tholeiitic rocks; the Ferrar dolerites of Antarctica, the Karroo dolerites of South Africa, and the...contamination during processing. FERRAR DOLERITE, ANTARCTICA The Ferrar Dolerite, first described by F~.RR~...as differences in Mesozoic basaltic rocks of Antarctica, South Africa, South America and Tasmania 131 |  | | Book | | intentionally left blank Meteorites, Ice, and Antarctica Bill Cassidy led meteorite recovery expeditions...describes this hugely successful field program in Antarctica and its influence on our understanding of the...attached to a mineral (cassidyite), on the map of Antarctica (Cassidy Glacier) and in the Catalogue of Asteroids...Flagstaff, Arizona, USA) Meteorites, Ice, and Antarctica william a. cassidy University of Pittsburgh ...family, for fifteen field seasons while I was in Antarctica, and never once complained. Contents Foreword |  | ELLIOT, D.H., LARSEN, D., FANNING, C.M., FLEMING, T.H., VERVOORT, J. D. (2017) The Lower Jurassic Hanson Formation of the Transantarctic Mountains: implications for the Antarctic sector of the Gondwana plate margin. Geological Magazine, 154 (4) 777-803 doi:10.1017/s0016756816000388 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | April 2016) Abstract – The Hanson Formation, Antarctica, consists of interbedded sandstones and tuffaceous...Jurassic, stratigraphy, geochemistry, tectonics, Antarctica. 1. Introduction Silicic magmatism may occur...Storey, Leat & Ferris, 2001). The Columbia River Basalt province (Reidel et al. 2013) and the Miocene phases...possible example exists in Antarctica. Eruption of the Kirkpatrick Basalt of the Lower Jurassic Ferrar...A N D O T H E R S Figure 1. Location map for Antarctica. Illustrated distribution of the Lower Jurassic |  | | Book | | earth scientists in the scientific exploration of Antarctica can best be judged from the fact that 7 years...geology and solid earth geophysical literature of Antarctica. It is worth noting that two important differences...where earth scientists have but a fragment of Antarctica exposed to study and at times make, in some cases...parts of Antarctica, and the infuence of new plate tec¬ tonic thinking not only in Antarctica but in its...Adie freedom of the SCAR nations working in Antarctica, to give to SCAR his services, for the second |  | de Wit, M.J., Linol, B., Furnes, H., Muedi, T., Valashiya, K. (2020) Pillow Talk: Volcanic rocks of the Karoo that formed many leagues under the Gondwanan Sea. South African Journal of Geology, 123 (3). 297-330 doi:10.25131/sajg.123.0021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Karoo pillow lavas reveal they define tholeiitic basalt with minor basaltic andesite. The pillow lavas...Ti-V relations are similar to mid-oceanic ridge basalt (MORB). The Nd-Sr isotope data for the pillow lavas...dispersal across southern Gondwana between Africa and Antarctica. Introduction The Karoo Large Igneous Province...Fleming, 2008), and dolerites outcrop in East Antarctica and Tasmania, known as the Ferrar Large Igneous...record of the initial break-up between Africa and Antarctica flanking the Gondwanan Sea (paleo-Pacific Ocean; |  | Prenzel, J., Lisker, F., Monsees, N., Balestrieri, M.L., Läufer, A., Spiegel, C. (2018) Development and inversion of the Mesozoic Victoria Basin in the Terra Nova Bay (Transantarctic Mountains) derived from thermochronological data. Gondwana Research, 53. 110-128 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2017.04.025 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Victoria Basin during Gondwana breakup between Antarctica and NU Australia. Late Eocene/ early Oligocene...incision. ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 1) Introduction Antarctica constituted the centrepiece of Gondwana. Shape...geodynamic situation of the Gondwana breakup between Antarctica and Australia PT and rifting in the Ross Sea...Transantarctic Basin that occupied large parts of East Antarctica during late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic times...during Mesozoic rifting between East and West Antarctica, and was overprinted by right-lateral transtension |
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