Multiple reinjections and crystal-mush compaction in the Beacon sill, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2567-2591

  Zieg, M J ^a   Marsh, B D ^b  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beacon sill; Compaction; Crystal size distributions; Ferrar dolerite; Reinjection

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DIABASE; EMPLACEMENT; JURASSIC; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; SILL;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 84870017536     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egs059     Document Type: Article

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