The sedimentary geology, palaeoenvironments and ichnocoenoses of the Lower Devonian Horlick Formation, Ohio Range, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: BRADSHAW, MARGARET A., NEWMAN, JANE, AITCHISON, JONATHON C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2002
• Subjects: Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; Ohio Range; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102002000196; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102002000196

Six ichnocoenoses in the clastic Devonian Horlick Formation (max. 56 m) confirm the nearshore marine character of eight of the nine lithofacies present. Abasal sand sheet overlies a weathered granitic land surface (Kukri Erosion Surface) on Cambro–Ordovician granitoids. The level nature of this surf...