Provenance of basement erratics in Quaternary coastal moraines, southern McMurdo Sound, and implications for the source of Eocene sedimentary rocks

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Talarico, F.M., Pace, D., Levy, R.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2013
• Subjects: Bluff The; McMurdo Sound; Minna Bluff; Mount Discovery; Ross Ice Shelf; Transantarctic Mountains; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102013000072; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102013000072

Abstract This paper summarizes fieldwork conducted in 2007 and presents results of petrographical analyses of basement rocks that occur along with fossil-rich Eocene sedimentary erratics in moraines along the north-east flank of Mount Discovery in southern McMurdo Sound. The Eocene rocks are signifi...