Research

Dufek Intrusion, Antarctica

Dating the crystallization of a large layered mafic intrusion associated with the breakup of Gondwana and emplacement of the Ferrar dolerite province.

Image from Art Ford (USGS)
Old Man of the Mountain (image from Wikipedia)

Jurassic White Mountains, New Hampshire

Silicic magmatism possibly associated with continental rifting of Pangea?

Oman ophiolite

Emplacement of the lower oceanic crust at fast-spreading mid ocean ridges

Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Crystallization and differentiation of a large layered mafic intrusion associated with a large igneous province