Project information
O'REILLY, Prof. Suzanne
Macquarie University
HIMI, McDonald Islands
Project aim
This project will use ultramafic xenoliths - samples of the mantle beneath Heard Island to study the formation and evolution of the Kerguelen-Heard Plateau. Such plateaus are thought to represent an important stage in the formation of continents over the earths history.
Related publications
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Heard Island: piecing together the evolution of the Kerguelen-Heard plateau Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents (GEMOC), Annual Report, 2000
(Ref: 10625)
Authors:Category 4: Popular articles
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Nature and Evolution of the Lithospheric Mantle beneath Heard Island: Fieldwork and Preliminary Results , 2002
(Ref: 10624)
Authors:Category 3: Poster