The Cockburn Island Formation; Late Pliocene interglacial sedimentation in the James Ross Basin, northern Antarctic Peninsula
The longest-known pectinid-bearing deposit in the Antarctic, the "Pecten-conglomerate" of Cockburn Island in the James Ross Island group, northern Antarctic Peninsula, is herein formally named the Cockburn Island Formation. A detailed account of its lithology, palaeontology, age and deposi...
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Gebruder Borntraeger
1998
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| Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504102/ |
| Summary: | The longest-known pectinid-bearing deposit in the Antarctic, the "Pecten-conglomerate" of Cockburn Island in the James Ross Island group, northern Antarctic Peninsula, is herein formally named the Cockburn Island Formation. A detailed account of its lithology, palaeontology, age and depositional environment is given. Deposition is thought to have taken place during a late Pliocene interglacial episode. The Cockburn Island Formation is younger than 2.8 Ma and is a possible correlative of the Scallop Hill Formation in the McMurdo Sound region, East Antarctica. |
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