Description |
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Material: | Rock |
Classification: | Igneous |
Field Name: | Phonolite |
Description: | Lava Flow; sample area is a sloping slab of rock near head of flow. More likely part of southwest flow (vent could be crater to NE beneath ice towers) than Upper Ice Tower Ridge flow. In line with similar exposure to N and S. Surface weathered and cracked, shows no flow texture. Rock is soft, crumbly and very vesiculated. Anorthoclase crystals fairly prominent on the surface. Pyroxene hard to find. |
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): | -77.53393 |
Longitude (WGS84): | 167.12923 |
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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