Description |
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Material: | Rock |
Classification: | Igneous |
Field Name: | Phonolite |
Description: | Lava Flow; sample area is on a small outcrop in a small area of lava flow; low to ground. Surface shift possible. Eroded ropes visible in multiple locations on nearby exposures. Most of sample consists of a single bulge (rope?) from a small outcrop. Surface is gray; rock is hard and brittle with little vesiculation inside. Anorthoclase crystals not prominent on surface; pyroxenes are small, moderately 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): | -77.53402 |
Longitude (WGS84): | 167.16472 |
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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