Weathering Stages of a Tholeiitic Basalt (Dolerite), Queen Maud Mountains

• Main Author: Mayewski, Paul Andrew
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 1976
• Subjects: Glaciogeology; Geochemistry; Glaciology; Cryology; Climate Change; Earth Sciences; Hydrology; Sedimentology; Shackleton Glacier; Victoria Land
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/212; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/ers_facpub/article/1217/viewcontent/WeatheringStagesofaTholeiiticBasaltDoleriteQueenMaudMountaints.pdf

The sparsity of datable material and key horizons throughout most of the Transantarctic Mountains requires that much of the mapping and correlation of glacial deposits, especially moraines, be based primarily on qualitative techniques. One qualitative method is to characterize the degree of weatheri...