1.60 Ga felsic volcanic blocks in the moraines of the Terre Adélie Craton, Antarctica: comparisons with the Gawler Range Volcanics, South Australia

Date

2002

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Peucat, J-J
Capdevila, R
Fanning, Christopher
Menot, R P
Pecora, L
Testut, L

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Rhyodacite and rhyolite blocks found in numerous moraines on the Terre Adélie Craton in Antarctica are samples of a high-temperature high-K calc-alkaline to alkali-calcic igneous suite emplaced at ca 1.60 Ga. They comprise lavas and pyroclastic rocks, in

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Keywords: geochemistry; geochronology; moraine; petrography; Precambrian; stratigraphic correlation; volcanic rock; Antarctica; Australia Antarctica; Felsic volcanics; Gawler Range Volcanics; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Moraines; Rodinia; South Australia; Terre Adélie Craton

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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

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