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 National Science
Foundation Award #9022603 |
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Jurassic Ferrar Tholeiites: Time of Emplacement, Cause of Young Ages, and Tectonic Implications
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| Investigator(s): |
David Elliot (PI)
; Kenneth Foland (Co-PI)
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| Sponsor: |
Ohio State University Research Foundation, OH 43210 6142923732
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| Start Date/Expiration Date |
1991-07-01 to 1995-06-30 (amended 1994-12-15) |
| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$206,642 |
| Abstract: This award supports the study of rocks of Jurassic age (Ferrar Group) which cap the Gondwana sedimentary sequence in Antarctica and are interpreted to be a manifestation of the thermal processes associated with supercontinent breakup. Correlative magmatism is recorded in Australia and southern Africa. The age of crystalization of all these igneous rocks is not well established because of the difficulties in age determination of tholeiites and altered silicic rocks. Recent work on feldspar separates suggests that at least the Ferrar lavas may be older that currently accepted. The results will have implications for: (1) petrogenesis of the Ferrar rocks; (2) age relations of Ferrar magmatic along the Transantarctic Mountains; (3) temporal and spatial relations between magmatic events across southern Africa-Antarctica-Australia associated with Gondwana breakup; (4) the tectonic history of the Transantarctic Mountains. |
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| NSF Org: |
OPP - Office of Polar Programs |
| Award Number: |
9022603 |
| Award Instrument: |
Continuing grant |
| Program Manager: |
Scott Borg
OPP Office of Polar Programs
O/D OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
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| NSF Program(s): |
ANTARCTIC GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS, ANTARCTIC GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS
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| Field Application(s): |
Geological Sciences, Polar Programs-Related |
| Program Element Code(s): |
5112
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