Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1979-80: VUWAE 24
Sampling basement rocks for fission track investigations (Barry McKelvey)
Sampling basement rocks for fission track investigations (Barry McKelvey)
Granitic basement rocks were sampled in the Bull Pass - Lake Vida region to use for fission track investigation. The samples arrived in Melbourne at the end of February where processing of the material by Dr A. Gleadow of the Particle Tracking Laboratory, University of Melbourne was immediately commenced. The fission track technique will be employed to decipher the uplift history of the Transantarctic Mountains (i.e. the Victoria Orogeny) by determining the time when the basement reached a certain level in the earth's crust.