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Mount Luyendyk

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View to southeast of Mt. Luyendyk, a summit in the western Fosdick Mountains, Antarctica. Geologists are visible, approaching the base of the mountain. The summit is named for Bruce P. Luyendyk, professor (emeritus), University of California - Santa Barbara, in recognition of his contributions and
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1,070 m (3,510 ft)Wade, F. A., et al., 1977. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Guest Peninsula quadrangle, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, Map A-7. Reston, VA: U. S. Antarctic Research Program.
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In December, 1989, geologists of the UC Santa Barbara FORCE expedition traveled by snowmobile-sledge to Mt. Luyendyk, for the purpose of sampling for rock magnetism, petrology, and
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gneiss dome/core complex. The rocks constitute an exposure of the middle crust that was exhumed approximately 100 million years ago, during the
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Siddoway, Christine (2004). "Origin and emplacement mechanisms for a middle Cretaceous gneiss dome, Fosdick Mountains, West Antarctica".
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McFadden, Rory (2010). "Oblique dilation, melt transfer, and gneiss dome emplacement".
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December 25, 1989: Alasdair Cain, David Kimbrough, Steve Richard, Christine Siddoway
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discoveries in ground- and ocean-based Antarctic research, 1989-2015
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Elevation
Coordinates
Parent range
First ascent
Fosdick Mountains
Ford Ranges
Marie Byrd Land
West Antarctica
Bruce P. Luyendyk
University of California, Santa Barbara
Ross Embayment
Antarctica
Ross Sea
geochronology
Colorado College
Curtin University
structural geology
plutonic rocks
Fosdick Mountains
Cretaceous Period
detachment fault

doi
10.1130/0-8137-2380-9.267
Bibcode
2010Geo....38..375M
doi
10.1130/G30493.1
http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:19588

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