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The direction of magma flow in the formation of the Ferrar Large Igneous Province 180 million years ago, Coombs Hills, Victoria Land

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Title: The direction of magma flow in the formation of the Ferrar Large Igneous Province 180 million years ago, Coombs Hills, Victoria Land

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Abstract:: Exposed at Coombs Hills are vertical bladelike bodies of basaltic rock that cut across older white sedimentary rocks and through deposits of a Jurassic volcanic complex (Mawson Formation). The majority are inferred to be related to lava eruptions at the surface but there is no evidence that any of them pre-dated the explosive activity that produced the Mawson Formation. How magma reached the surface to feed massive basaltic lava flows of the Ferrar Large Igneous Province at Coombs Hills was investigated. Numerous rock samples were analysed by anisotropic magnetic susceptibility (AMS). Field observations of dyke texture, vesicularity, crystal population and lithic fragment content, dyke contacts with the country rock and joint patterns within the dykes was recorded. Systematic field investigations, aerial photograph studies of dyke orientation patterns and cross cutting realtionships between Jurassic Ferrar Dolerite dykes and associated fractures in the area, the fracture length distribution analysis of the dykes, a petrological study to determine mineralogy and degree of glassiness (which is a good indicator of magma fluidity) and a geochemical study of collected rock samples was used to interpret the overall magma distribution of the area.
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Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Guegan, E. 2006. Magma supply dynamics of the Ferrar Large Igneous Province, Coombs Hills, Antarctica. MSc thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin Garland, M. 2006. Mawson Ferrar Dolerite relationships, northern East Ridge, Coombs Hills, Antarctica. BSc thesis, University of Otage, Dunedin Ross, P.S., White, J.D.L. And McClintock. 2007 (online). Physical volcanology of mafic volcaniclastic deposits and lavas in the Coombs-Allan Hills area, Ferrar large igneous province, Antarctica. In: Physical Volcanology of Large Igneous Provinces. Skilling, I.O. and White, J.D.L. (eds). Journal of Volcanoloy and Geothermal Research. Garland, M., Bannister, J., Lee, D.E. And White, J.D.L. 2007. A coniferous tree stump of Middle Jurassic age from the Ferrar Basalt, Coombs Hills, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 50:263-269.

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Beginning_Date: 20051128
Ending_Date: 20060106

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: 161.05
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 161.37
North_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.96
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.9

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > VOLCANIC DEPOSITS
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Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > COOMBS HILLS
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Contact_Person: MARAMA GARLAND

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Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Any remaining geological samples are lodged in the geology department, University of Otago. All data is in the MSc thesis. Some photographs and field notebooks may reside with the investigator.

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Contact_Person: CEISHA POIROT

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Address: Antarctica New Zealand
Address: Private Bag 4745
City: Christchurch
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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Antarctica New Zealand
Address: Private Bag 4745
City: Christchurch
Country: New Zealand

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +64 3 358 0200

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +64 3 358 0211

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