Object # PRR-38606: Rock Sample
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Primary Field # | 32A |
IGSN # | PRR038606 |
Kind of Object | Rock Sample |
Rock Type | Igneous |
Rock Name | Comendite |
Alternative Rock Name | Rhyolite |
Sample Description | Black, comendite (Fe-poor peralkaline rhyolite) vitrophyre. Crushed sample. |
Weight | 352 g |
General Notes | Pumice, vitrophyre and platy felsite in place. Dipping away from volcano summit |
Continent | Antarctica |
Region | Marie Byrd Land |
Mountain Range/Island Group | Executive Committee Range |
Mountain/Island Name | Mt. Waesche |
Other Feature Name(s) | Chang Peak |
Coordinates | -77.102, -126.600 (77° 6.1' S, 126° 36' W) |
Positioning Method | Polar Geospatial Center Viewer and Field Map |
Elevation (ASL) | 2900 m |
Era | Cenozoic |
Period | Quaternary |
Additional Material | Geochemical data available at PetDB Reference |
Primary Field Logistics | Helicopter |
Data Sources | Spreadsheet Publication |
Field Year Collected | 1967 |
Collector | LeMasurier, Wesley |
Donor | LeMasurier, Wesley |
References | LeMasurier, W. (1990). B. Marie Byrd Land. In Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans (eds W. LeMasurier, J. Thomson, P. Baker, P. Kyle, P. Rowley, J. Smellie and W. Verwoerd). https://doi.org/10.1029/AR048 |
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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]