Former BC postdoc Vasileios Chatzaras and Prof. Seth Kruckenberg publish new manuscript on the deformation history and seismic anisotropy of the West Antarctica upper mantle lithosphere

The new manuscript by Chatzaras and Kruckenberg, entitled "Effects of melt-percolation, refertilization, and deformation on upper mantle seismic anisotropy: constraints from peridotite xenoliths, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica" was published in the Geological Society of London, Memoirs and reports on the petrology, microstructure, and seismic properties of peridotite xenoliths extracted from the upper mantle beneath Marie Byrd Land (MBL), West Antarctica. The aim of this work is to understand how melt-rock reaction, refertilization, and deformation affected the seismic properties (velocities, anisotropy) of the West Antarctic upper mantle, in the context of MBL tectonic evolution and West Antarctic Rift System formation. To learn more about this research, please follow the link to the article above or visit Prof. Kruckenberg's website or Prof. Chatzaras's website (now a faculty member at the University of Sydney in Australia).