Upper Oligocene to lowermost Miocene strata of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica : stratigraphy, facies analysis, and implications for the glacial history of the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Journal of Sedimentary Research
• Main Authors: Troedson, Alexa L., Riding, James B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Society for Sedimentary Geology 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Cape Melville; Destruction Bay; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceberg*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17460/

The Cape Melville Formation (CMF), exposed on southeastern King George Island, South Shetland Islands, provides rare evidence of extensive earliest Miocene glaciation in the Antarctic Peninsula region. The formation records the presence of regional marine-based grounded ice on the continental shelf....