CENOZOIC MAGMATISM IN ANTARCTICA

Academic year
2024/2025 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
CENOZOIC MAGMATISM IN ANTARCTICA
Course code
R26024 (AF:553365 AR:315339)
Modality
Online
ECTS credits
3
Degree level
Corso di Dottorato (D.M.226/2021)
Educational sector code
GEO/07
Period
Annual
Course year
1
Geodynamic evolution of Antarctica, Jurassic to present. Gondwana break-up magmatism.
Mesozoic-Cenozoic subduction magmatism. Post-subduction, slab-window magmatism. The West Antarctic Rift System. Cenozoic rift magmatism.
Plutonic volcanic activities - Marie Byrd Land. Volcanic activities - southern Victoria Land. Plutonic, subvolcanic and volcanic activities - northern Victoria Land plutons.
Plutonic, subvolcanic and volcanic activities - northern Victoria Land dykes and lavas- petrogenesis. Magma evolution and volcano location.
Origin of magmas. The mantle plume issue.
Active volcanoes and tephra record. Magma plumbing systems in relation to ice load.
Paleoenvironmental clues from glacial volcanology studies.
Summary and conclusion
Definitive programme.