Geochemical and petrographic analysis of rock samples collected from Palmer Land and Graham Land, Antarctica in 2001/2002

The chemistry of mafic volcanic rocks and minor intrusions erupted on continents can be used to define the composition and history of subcontinental asthenospheric and lithospheric mantle domains. We have produced new and collated published data for Antarctica in order to identify mantle domains beneath the continent.



Suitable material archived at the British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, the result of previous geological research, was sampled and prepared for petrographic and geochemical analysis in the intervening period between field collection and sample arrival in the United Kingdom.



Field information, petrography and raw geochemical data obtained from XRF (X-ray fluorescence), ICPMS (Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer), TIMS (Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer), Ar/Ar analysis and Electron Microprobe analysis of rock samples collected from Palmer Land and Graham Land was used to define a geochemical profile of crust/mantle architecture beneath the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00401
Date (Publication)
2022-03-22
Citation identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00401
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Antarctic Survey

pdc@bas.ac.uk

Custodian

British Antarctic Survey

Polar Data Centre

pdc@bas.ac.uk

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Maintenance and update frequency
Unknown
Keywords

  • NDGO0001

NERC OAI Harvesting

  • NERC_DDC

GCMD Parameter Valids

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Geomorphology

INSPIRE themes

  • Geology

BAS Free-text keywords

  • asthenospheric mantle

  • geochemistry

  • lithospheric mantle

  • petrography

  • volcanic rocks
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Language
English
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  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
2001-11-01
End date
2002-02-28
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
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    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey

    pdc@bas.ac.uk

    		Distributor
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset

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    Measure identification
    INSPIRE / Conformity_001

    Conformance result

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    INSPIRE Data Specification on unknown theme Guidelines
    Date
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    See the referenced specification
    Pass
    No
    Statement

    No special comments

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    File identifier
    GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_00401 XML
    Metadata language
    English
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    Date stamp
    2022-03-22
    Metadata standard name

    NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
    Metadata standard version

    1.0
    Metadata author
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    British Antarctic Survey

    pdc@bas.ac.uk

    		Point of contact
    Dataset URI

    http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00401

     
     

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