The geology and geochronology of the basement complex of the central Transantarctic Mountains

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Faure, Gunter, Murtaugh, J. G., Montigny, R. J. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1968
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Transantarctic Mountains; South Pole; Byrd; Horlick Mountains; Wisconsin Range; Long Hills; South pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e68-051; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e68-051

The central part of the Transantarctic Mountain chain consists of a basement complex of igneous and metamorphic rocks overlain nonconformably by sedimentary rocks of late Paleozoic age, including Permian tillites and coal measures. The basement complex is exceptionally well exposed in the Wisconsin...