Stratigraphy and age of the Lower Cretaceous Pedersen Formation, northern Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Hathway, B., Riding, J.B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2001
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Island; Pedersen; Nordenskjöld; Sobral; Lagrelius; Lagrelius Point; Sobral peninsula; Pedersen nunatak; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; James Ross Island
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19425/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19425/1/HathRid.pdf; http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=217059

The Pedersen Formation includes conglomerate-dominated successions exposed on Pedersen Nunatak (142 m thick) and southern Sobral Peninsula (750–1000 m thick). As re-defined here, it also includes mudstone and sandstone in tectonic contact with Nordenskjöld Formation strata on a nunatak north of the...