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- Magmatism in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
- Magmatism in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Nature of Magmatism
- 2 The McMurdo Dry Valleys Magmatic System (Ferrar McDV)
- 3 The Ferrar Dolerite Sills
- 4 Ferrar Basic Petrologic Structure
- 5 Nature and Distribution of Individual Sills
- 6 Bull Pass Geology
- 7 Dais Layered Intrusion
- 8 Compositional Characteristics of the Ferrar McDV Magmatic System
- 9 Crystal Entrainment and Transport
- 10 Opx Provenance
- 11 Noritic Magma, Primocryst Entrainment, and Source Sampling
- 12 Regional Distribution of Ferrar Magmatic Centers
- 13 The Ferrar Magmatic Conundrum
- 14 Ferrar Magma Source Material
- References
- Index
5 - Nature and Distribution of Individual Sills
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2023
- Magmatism in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
- Magmatism in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Nature of Magmatism
- 2 The McMurdo Dry Valleys Magmatic System (Ferrar McDV)
- 3 The Ferrar Dolerite Sills
- 4 Ferrar Basic Petrologic Structure
- 5 Nature and Distribution of Individual Sills
- 6 Bull Pass Geology
- 7 Dais Layered Intrusion
- 8 Compositional Characteristics of the Ferrar McDV Magmatic System
- 9 Crystal Entrainment and Transport
- 10 Opx Provenance
- 11 Noritic Magma, Primocryst Entrainment, and Source Sampling
- 12 Regional Distribution of Ferrar Magmatic Centers
- 13 The Ferrar Magmatic Conundrum
- 14 Ferrar Magma Source Material
- References
- Index
Summary
The four principal sills, Basement, Peneplain, Asgard, and Mt. Fleming, are chemically and physically interconnected, forming a magmatic mush column, albeit being only observable for some 4 km downward in the crust, but the system may well extend downward through the entire continental crust. The distribution of MgO vertically through the Basement and Peneplain sills indicate that the filling point was in or about Bull Pass. And these profiles indicate that the episodes of emplacement were pulsatile, stopping and starting. Similarly, the upper, apparently much more featureless sills, when examined in detail also shown a history of piecemeal development through a series of multiple injections.
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- Magmatism in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica , pp. 99 - 113Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023