Zircon dating and provenance of rhyolitic clasts in Beacon conglomerate, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Wysoczanski, R.J., Forsyth, P.J., Woolfe, K.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Universita degli Studi di Siena 2003
• Subjects: Sperm Bluff; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/13820/1/13820_Wysoczanski_et_al_2003.pdf

Pebbles from Sperm Bluff Conglomerate (Taylor Group, Beacon Supergroup) include lithologies such as porphyritic rhyolites and tuffs that are not known in outcrop anywhere in southern Victoria Land. Zircon from the clasts yielded ages between 497 ± 17 Ma and 482 ± 9 Ma, with an older inherited compon...