Marginal marine depositional setting and correlation of the Devonian Sperm Bluff Formation (Taylor Group), southern Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Savage, Jeni E., Bradshaw, Margaret A., Bassett, Kari N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2013
• Subjects: Altar Mountain; Bull Pass; Mackay; Mackay Glacier; Mount Suess; New Mountain; Sperm Bluff; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102013000205; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102013000205

Abstract Analysis of conglomerates and sandstones of the Sperm Bluff Formation at the base of the Taylor Group (Devonian) between the Mackay Glacier and Bull Pass provides new insights into the nature of initial coarse-grained deposition on basement along the northern side of the McMurdo sedimentary...