Geology of new localities on Tabarin Peninsula, northern Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Valle, Rodolfo A. Del, Morelli, Jorge R., Rinaldi, Carlos A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2001
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Hope Bay; Larsen Basin; Tabarin peninsula; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102001000451; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102001000451

New outcrops of Hope Bay Formation and Larsen Basin rocks have been exposed by recent ice-retreat on Tabarin Peninsula, northern Antarctic Peninsula. Quartzose, very low-grade metasedimentary rocks, cropping out at Balegno Nunatak (63°28′53″S, 57°00′31″W) are assigned to the Permian–Triassic Hope Ba...