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A mafic sill in Antarctica
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| Date: | 2015-01-07 01:40:18 |
| Blog: | Mountain Beltway  |
| URL: | http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2015/01/07/mafic-sill-antarctica/ |
Summary:
My friend and colleague Lauren Michel, the King Family Fellow at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas, sent me this image from her recent trip to Antarctica: (click to enlarge) This is a beautiful example of a mafic igneous sill, probably of the rock known as “dolerite” (or diabase, to us Yanks). Lauren and I think it must be part of the Ferrar Large Igneous Province. …Content analysis:
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antarctica | AQ | -81.5 | 0 |
| Dallas | US | 32.7818 | -96.7959 |
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