Description |
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Material: | Rock |
Classification: | Igneous |
Field Name: | Phonolite |
Description: | Lava flow; sample area is in flow area. Flow texture, including ropes, is visible in the vicinity. Surface is dark, a little yellow salt, same color as Southwest flow. Rock is hard, brittle, difficult to sample. Inside is somewhat vesiculated (vesicles are flat). Anorthoclase crystals slightly smaller and less prominent than those in Southwest flow. Pyroxene is medium size, relatively abundant. |
Age (min): | Not Provided |
Age (max): | Not Provided |
Collection Method: | Not Provided |
Collection Method Description: | Not Provided |
Size: | Not Provided |
Geological Age: | Quaternary |
Geological Unit: | Not Provided |
Comment: | Not Provided |
Purpose: | Not Provided |
Geolocation |
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Latitude (WGS84): | -77.53563 |
Longitude (WGS84): | 167.11355 |
Northing (m) (UTM NAD83): | Not Provided |
Easting (m) (UTM NAD83): | Not Provided |
Zone: | Not Provided |
Vertical Datum: | Not Provided |
Elevation Start: | Not Provided |
Elevation End: | Not Provided |
Nav Type: | Not Provided |
Physiographic Feature: | Not Provided |
Name Of Physiographic Feature: | Ross Island |
Location Description: | Not Provided |
Locality: | Mt. Erebus |
Locality Description: | Not Provided |
Country: | Not Provided |
State/Province: | Not Provided |
County: | Not Provided |
City: | Not Provided |
Collection |
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Field Program/Cruise: | Not Provided |
Platform Type: | Not Provided |
Platform Name: | Not Provided |
Platform Description: | Not Provided |
Launch Type: | Not Provided |
Launch Platform Name: | Not Provided |
Launch ID: | Not Provided |
Collector/Chief Scientist: | Parmelee, David EF |
Collector/Chief Scientist Detail: | Not Provided |
Collection Start Date: | Not Provided |
Collection End Date: | Not Provided |
Curation |
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Current Archive: | Polar Rock Repository, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Ohio State University |
Current Archive Contact Details: | Curator |
Original Archive: | Not Provided |
Original Archive Contact Details: | Not Provided |
Related Samples |
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Parents: | No Parents | Siblings: | No Siblings |
Children: | No Children |
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