Object # PRR-13266: Rock Sample

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Primary Field #	I-23-4
IGSN #	PRR013266
Kind of Object	Rock Sample
Rock Type	Igneous
Rock Name	Basalt
Sample Description	Kirkpatrick basalt. Coarse, massive black basalt with no amygdules.
Weight	160 g
General Notes	Flow 23. 278.0-298.7 (elevation in m): At the top of this part of the flow there is a black band. (I-24-6 is a sample of this band.)
Continent	Antarctica
Region	Northern Victoria Land
Mountain Range/Island Group	Freyberg Mountains
Mountain/Island Name	Solo Nunatak
Coordinates	-72.833, 163.583 (72° 50' S, 163° 35' E)
Positioning Method	Geographic Name
Era	Mesozoic
Period	Jurassic
Epoch	Middle
Stratigraphy	Supergroup Group Formation Member Section Name Unit Thickness Sample Height Distance from Intrusion Ferrar Supergroup Kirkpatrick Basalt 291 m
Additional Material	Geochemical data available at PetDB Reference Petrographic Thin Section Available at PRR
Primary Field Logistics	LC130 Hercules Aircraft
Secondary Field Logistics	Helicopter
Data Sources	Ph.D Thesis
Field Year Collected	1982
Collector	Faure, Gunter
Donor	Faure, Gunter
References	Mensing, Teresa M.,1987, Geology and petrogenesis of the Kirkpatrick Basalt, Pain Mesa and Solo Nunatak, Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, The Ohio State University, Ph.D thesis. Mensing, Teresa M., Faure, Gunter, Jones, Lois M., Bowman, John R., and Hoefs, Jochen, 1984, Petrogenesis of the Kirkpatrick Basalt, Solo Nunatak, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, based on isotopic compositions of strontium, oxygen and sulfur, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, September 1984, Volume 87, Issue 2, pp 101-108. doi:10.1007/BF00376216

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Cite as: The Polar Rock Repository (PRR), Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC), Ohio State University: Polar rock and dredge samples available for research and educational use from the PRR. doi:10.7289/V5RF5S18 [date of access]

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