A Nonmarine Late Cretaceous Depositional Unit on King George Island, West Antarctica
A new lithostrat(graphic unit) Half Three Point Formation is determined on an inlet (62°13' 40'S, 58°59'01 W) near Half Three Point of Fildes Peninsula of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. This formation consists of volcanic breccia, sediment - tuff, tuffaceous siltstones an...
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ftarcticportal:oai:generic.eprints.org:2041 2023-05-15T13:05:25+02:00 A Nonmarine Late Cretaceous Depositional Unit on King George Island, West Antarctica Yanbin, Shen 1992-06 application/pdf http://library.arcticportal.org/2041/ http://library.arcticportal.org/2041/1/A199201002.pdf en eng Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC http://library.arcticportal.org/2041/1/A199201002.pdf Yanbin, Shen (1992) A Nonmarine Late Cretaceous Depositional Unit on King George Island, West Antarctica. Advances in Polar Science, 3 (1). pp. 17-24. Article PeerReviewed 1992 ftarcticportal 2023-04-05T22:52:04Z A new lithostrat(graphic unit) Half Three Point Formation is determined on an inlet (62°13' 40'S, 58°59'01 W) near Half Three Point of Fildes Peninsula of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. This formation consists of volcanic breccia, sediment - tuff, tuffaceous siltstones and mudstones about 5.5 thick. The Palynomorph assemblage is a Late Cretaceous age (Campanian - Maastrichtian). Isotopic age of the tuffites by Rb - Sr whole rock method is 71.30(plus, minus)0.3 Ma. Article in Journal/Newspaper Advances in Polar Science Antarc* Antarctica King George Island Polar Science Polar Science South Shetland Islands West Antarctica Arctic Portal Library Fildes ENVELOPE(-58.817,-58.817,-62.217,-62.217) Fildes peninsula ENVELOPE(-58.948,-58.948,-62.182,-62.182) King George Island South Shetland Islands West Antarctica |
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A new lithostrat(graphic unit) Half Three Point Formation is determined on an inlet (62°13' 40'S, 58°59'01 W) near Half Three Point of Fildes Peninsula of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. This formation consists of volcanic breccia, sediment - tuff, tuffaceous siltstones and mudstones about 5.5 thick. The Palynomorph assemblage is a Late Cretaceous age (Campanian - Maastrichtian). Isotopic age of the tuffites by Rb - Sr whole rock method is 71.30(plus, minus)0.3 Ma. |
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Yanbin, Shen |
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Yanbin, Shen A Nonmarine Late Cretaceous Depositional Unit on King George Island, West Antarctica |
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A Nonmarine Late Cretaceous Depositional Unit on King George Island, West Antarctica |
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A Nonmarine Late Cretaceous Depositional Unit on King George Island, West Antarctica |
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A Nonmarine Late Cretaceous Depositional Unit on King George Island, West Antarctica |
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A Nonmarine Late Cretaceous Depositional Unit on King George Island, West Antarctica |
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A Nonmarine Late Cretaceous Depositional Unit on King George Island, West Antarctica |
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nonmarine late cretaceous depositional unit on king george island, west antarctica |
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Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC |
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1992 |
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http://library.arcticportal.org/2041/ http://library.arcticportal.org/2041/1/A199201002.pdf |
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ENVELOPE(-58.817,-58.817,-62.217,-62.217) ENVELOPE(-58.948,-58.948,-62.182,-62.182) |
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Fildes Fildes peninsula King George Island South Shetland Islands West Antarctica |
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Fildes Fildes peninsula King George Island South Shetland Islands West Antarctica |
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Advances in Polar Science Antarc* Antarctica King George Island Polar Science Polar Science South Shetland Islands West Antarctica |
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Advances in Polar Science Antarc* Antarctica King George Island Polar Science Polar Science South Shetland Islands West Antarctica |
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http://library.arcticportal.org/2041/1/A199201002.pdf Yanbin, Shen (1992) A Nonmarine Late Cretaceous Depositional Unit on King George Island, West Antarctica. Advances in Polar Science, 3 (1). pp. 17-24. |
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