Geochemical analysis of minerals from sediment core CRP-2 in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

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Main Authors: Talarico, Franco M, Sandroni, Sonja, Fielding, Christopher R, Atkins, Cliff
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author Talarico, Franco M
Sandroni, Sonja
Fielding, Christopher R
Atkins, Cliff
author_facet Talarico, Franco M
Sandroni, Sonja
Fielding, Christopher R
Atkins, Cliff
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Distribution patterns, petrography, whole-rock and mineral chemistry, and shape and fabric data are described for the most representative basement lithologies occurring as clasts (granule to bolder grain-size class) from the 625 m deep CRP-2/2A drillcore. A major change in the distribution pattern of the clast types occurs at c. 310 mbsf., with granitoid-dominated clasts above and mainly dolerite clasts below; moreover, compositional and modal data suggest a further division into seven main detrital assemblages or petrofacies. In spite of this variability, most granitoid pebbles consist of either pink or grey biotite±hornblende monzogranites. Other less common and ubiquitous lithologies include biotite syenogranite, biotite-hornblende granodiorite, tonalite, monzogranitic porphyries (very common below 310 mbsf), microgranite, and subordinately, monzogabbro, Ca-silicate rocks, biotite-clinozoisite schist and biotite orthogneiss (restricted to the pre-Pliocene strata). The ubiquitous occurrence of biotite±hornblende monzogranite pebbles in both the Quaternary-Pliocene and Miocene-Oligocene sections, apparently reflects the dominance of these lithologies in the onshore basement, and particularly in the Cambro-Ordovician Granite Harbour Igneous Complex which forms the most extensive outcrop in southern Victoria Land. The petrographical features of the other CRP-2/2A pebble lithologies are consistent with a supply dominantly from areas of the Transantarctic Mountains facing the CRP-2/2A site, and they thus provide further evidence of a local provenance for the supply of basement clasts to the CRP-2/2A sedimentary strata.
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spellingShingle Geochemical analysis of minerals from sediment core CRP-2 in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
Talarico, Franco M
Sandroni, Sonja
Fielding, Christopher R
Atkins, Cliff
14.2 km at 096° true from Cape Roberts; Cape Roberts Project; Core wireline system; CRP; CRP-2; CRP-2__Campaign; CRP-2A; CWS; off Cape Roberts, Ross Sea, Antarctica; Sampling/drilling from ice
Distribution patterns, petrography, whole-rock and mineral chemistry, and shape and fabric data are described for the most representative basement lithologies occurring as clasts (granule to bolder grain-size class) from the 625 m deep CRP-2/2A drillcore. A major change in the distribution pattern of the clast types occurs at c. 310 mbsf., with granitoid-dominated clasts above and mainly dolerite clasts below; moreover, compositional and modal data suggest a further division into seven main detrital assemblages or petrofacies. In spite of this variability, most granitoid pebbles consist of either pink or grey biotite±hornblende monzogranites. Other less common and ubiquitous lithologies include biotite syenogranite, biotite-hornblende granodiorite, tonalite, monzogranitic porphyries (very common below 310 mbsf), microgranite, and subordinately, monzogabbro, Ca-silicate rocks, biotite-clinozoisite schist and biotite orthogneiss (restricted to the pre-Pliocene strata). The ubiquitous occurrence of biotite±hornblende monzogranite pebbles in both the Quaternary-Pliocene and Miocene-Oligocene sections, apparently reflects the dominance of these lithologies in the onshore basement, and particularly in the Cambro-Ordovician Granite Harbour Igneous Complex which forms the most extensive outcrop in southern Victoria Land. The petrographical features of the other CRP-2/2A pebble lithologies are consistent with a supply dominantly from areas of the Transantarctic Mountains facing the CRP-2/2A site, and they thus provide further evidence of a local provenance for the supply of basement clasts to the CRP-2/2A sedimentary strata.
title Geochemical analysis of minerals from sediment core CRP-2 in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
topic 14.2 km at 096° true from Cape Roberts; Cape Roberts Project; Core wireline system; CRP; CRP-2; CRP-2__Campaign; CRP-2A; CWS; off Cape Roberts, Ross Sea, Antarctica; Sampling/drilling from ice
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.510755