A Nonmarine Late Cretaceous Depositional Unit on King George Island, West Antarctica

• Main Author: Yanbin, Shen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 1992
• Subjects: Fildes; Fildes peninsula; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; West Antarctica; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2041/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2041/1/A199201002.pdf

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...