Archaeocyathan limestone blocks of likely Antarctic origin in Gondwanan tillite from the Falkland Islands

• Main Authors: Stone, P., Thomson, M.R.A.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of London 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic; Ellsworth Mountains; Fitzroy; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/15836/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/15836/1/Archaeo-FinalText.pdf; http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/246/1

Cambrian limestone clasts containing a rich, well-preserved archaeocyathan fauna have been recovered from the late Carboniferous Fitzroy Tillite Formation of the Falkland Islands. Since neither Cambrian strata nor limestone are present anywhere in the indigenous rock succession, the clasts are regar...