Middle Jurassic ultramafic lamprophyre dyke within the Ferrar magmatic province, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-111

  Leat, P T ^a   Rilfy, T R ^a   Storey, B C ^a   Kelley, S P ^b   Millar, I L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Dyke; Ferrar; Lamprophyre; Pensacola Mountains; Ultramafic

Indexed keywords

DIKE; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAMPROPHYRE; PETROLOGY; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ANTARCTICA; PENSACOLA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0034114566     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646100549021     Document Type: Article

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