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Neoproterozoic crustal evolution of Rayner province, East Antarctica: New insight from subglacial drilling. / Leitchenkov, German ; Abdrakhmanpov, Ilnur; Skublov, Sergey G.; Talalay, Pavel; Salimgaraeva, Laysan ; Zhang, Nan; Li, Bing.
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T1 - Neoproterozoic crustal evolution of Rayner province, East Antarctica: New insight from subglacial drilling
AU - Leitchenkov, German
AU - Abdrakhmanpov, Ilnur
AU - Skublov, Sergey G.
AU - Talalay, Pavel
AU - Salimgaraeva, Laysan
AU - Zhang, Nan
AU - Li, Bing
PY - 2025/12/4
Y1 - 2025/12/4
N2 - This paper presents the results of a study of bedrock samples obtained by drilling through 541 m of ice in north-western Princess Elizabeth Land. The drilling was aimed to decipher the geological nature of a high-amplitude linear magnetic anomaly running parallel to the coast for over 500 km from Princess Elizabeth Land to Mac. Robertson Land. The rock obtained by drilling is a melanocratic orthopyroxene-hornblende-biotite crystalline schist (mafic granulite) with a protolith age of ∼970 Ma. Two metamorphic events are identified: early metamorphism with an age of ∼890 Ma and peak parameters of 740–780 °C and 4.0–4.5 kbar; and late metamorphism with an age of ∼800 Ma and parameters of about 650 °C and ∼3 kbar. According to the data obtained, the linear magnetic anomaly can be interpreted as an island arc that was accreted to Antarctica during the assembly of Rayner Province.
AB - This paper presents the results of a study of bedrock samples obtained by drilling through 541 m of ice in north-western Princess Elizabeth Land. The drilling was aimed to decipher the geological nature of a high-amplitude linear magnetic anomaly running parallel to the coast for over 500 km from Princess Elizabeth Land to Mac. Robertson Land. The rock obtained by drilling is a melanocratic orthopyroxene-hornblende-biotite crystalline schist (mafic granulite) with a protolith age of ∼970 Ma. Two metamorphic events are identified: early metamorphism with an age of ∼890 Ma and peak parameters of 740–780 °C and 4.0–4.5 kbar; and late metamorphism with an age of ∼800 Ma and parameters of about 650 °C and ∼3 kbar. According to the data obtained, the linear magnetic anomaly can be interpreted as an island arc that was accreted to Antarctica during the assembly of Rayner Province.
KW - Bedrock
KW - East Antarctica
KW - Granulites
KW - Ice drilling
KW - Magnetic anomaly
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/12bca6ef-2694-3740-82a8-0ce6806f2119/
U2 - 10.1016/j.polar.2025.101314
DO - 10.1016/j.polar.2025.101314
M3 - Article
JO - Polar Science
JF - Polar Science
SN - 1873-9652
ER -
ID: 145453234