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Main Authors: Bauer, Wilfried, Fitzner, Bernd
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Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 2011
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.757450
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author Bauer, Wilfried
Fitzner, Bernd
author_facet Bauer, Wilfried
Fitzner, Bernd
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contents Gypsum and calcite crusts were found on many outcrops of the metamorphic basement and on moraines in Dronning Maud Land. For the first time the copper mineral connellite was found in such crusts. Salt crust and efflorescences indicate an important role of chemical weathering even in a cold and arid climate such as the Antarctic interior. Findings of salt efflorescenees few centimetres beneath the rock surface suggest the contribution of salt crystallization to the formation of the typical Antarctic cavernous or honeycomb weathering features.
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spellingShingle Tab.1: Composition of salt crusts and host rocks
Bauer, Wilfried
Fitzner, Bernd
B22.1.94; Description; Event label; Geological sample; GEOS; Heimfront-fjella, Antarctica; KB102a; KB102b; KB146; KB147; Latitude of event; Location of event; Longitude of event; Major components/lithology; Minor components/lithology; Mühlig-Hofmann-Gebirge, Antarctica; WB208; WB209; WB255; WB256
Gypsum and calcite crusts were found on many outcrops of the metamorphic basement and on moraines in Dronning Maud Land. For the first time the copper mineral connellite was found in such crusts. Salt crust and efflorescences indicate an important role of chemical weathering even in a cold and arid climate such as the Antarctic interior. Findings of salt efflorescenees few centimetres beneath the rock surface suggest the contribution of salt crystallization to the formation of the typical Antarctic cavernous or honeycomb weathering features.
title Tab.1: Composition of salt crusts and host rocks
topic B22.1.94; Description; Event label; Geological sample; GEOS; Heimfront-fjella, Antarctica; KB102a; KB102b; KB146; KB147; Latitude of event; Location of event; Longitude of event; Major components/lithology; Minor components/lithology; Mühlig-Hofmann-Gebirge, Antarctica; WB208; WB209; WB255; WB256
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.757450