Correlation of Byrd and Selborne Groups, with implications for the Byrd Glacier discontinuity, central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Stump, E, Gootee, B., Talarico, F, Van Schmus, W.R., Brand, P K, Foland, Kenneth A, Fanning, Christopher
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Sir Publishing 2015
• Subjects: Keywords: Cambrian; limestone; stratigraphic correlation; Antarctica; Transantarctic Mountains Byrd Group; Cambrian; Ross Orogen; Selborne Group; Shackleton Limestone; Stratigraphy; Transantarctic Mountains; Byrd; Byrd Glacier; Selborne; Shackleton; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/80319

South of Byrd Glacier, central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica, Lower Cambrian Shackleton Limestone (Byrd Group) is divided into four informal members. The transition from Shackleton carbonates to clastics of Starshot Formation is conformable, with alternating units of limestone and argillite,...