Between Cape Bernacchi and Gneiss Point on the

• Main Authors: G. G. C. Claridge, I. B. Campbell
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bernacchi; Cape Bernacchi; Gneiss Point; McMurdo Sound; New Zealand; Saline Lake
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.567.9248; http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/srp/srp087/of2007-1047srp087.pdf

23 Viewmount, Nelson, New Zealand Abstract A small sedimentary deposit near Gneiss Point on the western side of McMurdo Sound, previously identified as shale, is described. The deposit is phillipsite, a zeolite that is believed to have formed from the deposition and alteration of volcanic ash in a s...