Kerguelen Islands

The Kerguelen Islands, which lie at about 49°30 S, 69°30 E in the southern Indian Ocean, represent perhaps the most remote island system with which we deal in this chapter. The system is made up of one main island and a number of small rocky outcrops, and it lies closer to Antarctica than to any other major landmass. Of interest in... 

Fig. 6.14 Compound 565, the flavonol triglycosides from Ranunculus species on the Kerguelen Islands...

BucciareUi, E., Blain, S., and Treguer, P. (2001). Iron and manganese in the wake of the Kerguelen Islands (Southern Ocean). Mar. Chem. 73, 21-36. 

Hassler D. R. and Shimizu N. (1998) Osmium isotopic evidence for ancient sub-continental lithospheric mantle beneath the Kerguelen Islands, southern Indian Ocean. Science 280, 418-420. 

As the decision took shape to build an atomic bomb in the 1950s, the French began to look for a suitable test site. Possible locations included the Kerguelen Islands in the Indian Ocean, Clipperton Island and the Tuamotu Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean,... 

FIGURE 2. Elemental composition of reference humic substances. Marine input sediment from Kerguelen Islands terrestrial input sediment from Mahakam Delta (Indonesia). 

MacDonald et al. (1987) Etendeka province, Namibia, Schmitt et al. (2000)) and oceanic, (e.g., Kerguelen, Giret (1990) Ascension Island, Harris (1983)) environments. 

At Heard Island, on the Kerguelen Plateau in the southern Indian Ocean, He/ He ratios show a bimodal distribution that is geographically controlled (Hilton et al. 1995). The Laurens Peninsula volcanic series has a relatively narrow range of He/ He, 16.2-... 

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