Tuesday, 28 August 2007
2.PS-42

Aeromagnetic hunt for Cenozoic magmatism over the Admiralty Mountains Block (East Antarctica)

Egidio Armadillo1, F. Ferraccioli2, Andrea Zunino1, Emanuele Bozzo1, Sergio Rocchi3, and Pietro Armienti3. (1) DIPTERIS, Università di Genova, V.le Benedetto XV,5, Genova, Italy, (2) Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, United Kingdom, (3) Universita' di Pisa

Cenozoic magmatic rocks of the Transantarctic Mountains provide an important window on the tectonic and magmatic processes of the West Antarctic Rift System. Previous aeromagnetic investigations in northern Victoria Land have delineated Cenozoic volcanic and intrusive complexes assigned to the McMurdo Volcanic Group and Meander Intrusives over the Transantarctic Mountains. We present a new aeromagnetic anomaly map for the region north of the Mariner Glacier to study the extent and spatial distribution of these Cenozoic rocks over the previously unexplored Admiralty Mountains. The new map shows that the Meander Intrusives are restricted to the coastal region between the Malta Plateau and the Daniell Peninsula. However, the McMurdo Volcanic Group rocks extend further inland, and may delineate a hitherto unrecognised volcano-tectonic rift zone, extending as far north as the Trafalgar Glacier

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