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Basanite from
Mount Overlord, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Stratovolcano
Classification
Type:Basanite
Age information
Maximum recorded age:7.2 Ma
Minimum recorded age:7.2 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
17.2 MaMiocene - K-Ar
Sample references:
1 -
LeMasurier, W. E., Thomson, J. W., Baker, P. E., Kyle, P. R., Rowley, P. D., Smellie, J. L., & Verwoerd, W. J. (1990).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Basanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Overlord, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1326464
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1326464:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Basanite
43.0km (26.7 miles) ⓘMount Rittmann, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
63.1km (39.2 miles) ⓘThe Pleiades, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
64.9km (40.3 miles) ⓘMonteagle complex, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
78.9km (49.0 miles) ⓘGreene Complex, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
90.7km (56.4 miles) ⓘMalta Plateau, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
References
Gair, H. S. (1967). The geology from the upper Rennick Glacier to the coast, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 10(2), 309-344.
Kyle, P.R. (1990) A. McMurdo Volcanic Group Western Ross Embayment. In Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans Vol. 48 - Antarctic Research Series. American Geophysical Union. p.18-145. doi:10.1029/AR048pp.65-68
 
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