Petrological characteristics of the sedimentary volcaniclastic rocks of the Fossil Hill Formation (eocene) in King George Island, West Antarctica

The Fossil Hill Formation of the type section composed chiefly of the sedimentary-volcaniclastic breccia and tuffites can be divided into two cycles of sedimentation. The thermal fluid was active in the coarse volcaniclastic deposits of the lower cycle, it led to the formation of laumontite, analcit...

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Main Authors: Yaosong, Xue, Yanbin, Shen, Erjun, Zhuo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 1996
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Online Access:http://library.arcticportal.org/2114/
http://library.arcticportal.org/2114/1/A602.002.pdf