AusGeol.orgLordHowe1
Site:
LordHowe1
Downloads:
Map
3D Model:
Description:
basalts intruded by dyke with altered contact aureole. Lord Howe Island.
| Capture Date: | March 16, 2015, 2:50 p.m. |
| Latitude: | -31.51223562000 degrees |
| Longitude: | 159.04326309000 degrees |
| Elevation: | 0.000 metres |
| Visualisation Type: | 3D |
| Location Accuracy: | 20 metres |
Keywords:
- dyke
- basalt
- contact aureole
| basalt | |
|---|---|
| Form Type: | dyke |
| Description: | the basalts are described as tholeiitic lavas containing large crystals of plagioclase, clinopyroxene and rare olivine |
| Min Geological Age: | Neogene |
| Max Geological Age: | Cenozoic |
| Min Numerical Age: | 3.600 |
| Max Numerical Age: | 66.000 |
| Strat No: | 14280 |
| Supergroup: | |
| Group: | |
| Subgroup: | |
| Formation: | North Ridge Basalt |
| Member: | |
| Province: |