Record of Late Miocene glacial deposits on Isla Marambio (Seymour Island), Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Marenssi, Sergio Alfredo, Casadio, Silvio Alberto, Santillana, Sergio Nestor
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: GLACIATION; MIOCENE; ANTARCTICA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Patagonia; Ross Island; Argentino; Weddell; Argentina; Seymour; Seymour Island; Marambio; Pampa; Hobbs; Nestor; isla Marambio; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; James Ross Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/197650

We report and describe two new small diamictite outcrops on Isla Marambio (Seymour Island), Antarctic Peninsula. These rocks rest on an erosional unconformity on top of the Eocene La Meseta Formation and are unconformably covered by glaciomarine rocks of the -Pliocene–Pleistocene Weddell Sea Formati...