Object # PRR-5130: Rock Sample
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| Primary Field # | BK020 | ||||||||||||||||
| IGSN # | PRR005130 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kind of Object | Rock Sample | ||||||||||||||||
| Rock Type | Igneous | ||||||||||||||||
| Rock Name | Tuff | ||||||||||||||||
| Sample Description | tuff, very light gray; 2 pieces | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 587 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Susceptibility | 18 x10-5 SI units | ||||||||||||||||
| General Notes | Base just above snow basin 1.8 km N of rock summit of Mt. Kirkpatrick. Measured stratigraphic section. See dissertation for more information. | ||||||||||||||||
| Continent | Antarctica | ||||||||||||||||
| Region | Central Transantarctic Mountains | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain Range/Island Group | Queen Alexandra Range | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain/Island Name | Mt. Kirkpatrick | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | -84.300, 166.267 (84° 18' S, 166° 16' E) | ||||||||||||||||
| Positioning Method | Geographic Name | ||||||||||||||||
| Era | Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||
| Period | Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||
| Epoch | Early | ||||||||||||||||
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| Additional Material | Reference Petrographic Thin Section Available at PRR | ||||||||||||||||
| Primary Field Logistics | LC130 Hercules Aircraft | ||||||||||||||||
| Secondary Field Logistics | Snowmobile | ||||||||||||||||
| Data Sources | Ph.D Thesis Report Master's thesis Publication | ||||||||||||||||
| Field Year Collected | 1966 | ||||||||||||||||
| Collector | Barrett, Peter J. | ||||||||||||||||
| Donor | Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center | ||||||||||||||||
| References | Barrett, Peter J. 1969. Stratigraphy and Petrology of the Mainly Fluviatile Permian and Triassic Beacon Rocks, Beardmore Glacier Area, Antarctica. Institute of Polar Studies Report No. 34, Research Foundation and the Institute of Polar Studies, The Ohio State University, 132 pages. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/55739 Larsen, Daniel, 1988, The petrology and geochemistry of the volcaniclastic upper part of the Falla Formation and Prebble Formation, Beardmore Glacier area, Antarctica, The Ohio State University, Master's Thesis, 376p. Barrett, Peter J., 1968, The post-glacial Permian and Triassic Beacon rocks in the Beardmore Glacier area, central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica, Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 510 pp. Barrett, P. J., Elliot, D. H. and Lindsay, J. F. (1986) The Beacon Supergroup (Devonian-Triassic) and Ferrar Group (Jurrasic) in the Beardmore Glacier Area, Antarctica, in Geology of the Central Transantarctic Mountains (eds M. D. Turner and J. E. Splettstoesser), American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C.. doi:10.1029/AR036p0339 |
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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]
