The Moores Peak Formation, a Cretaceous debris-avalanche deposit in the Antarctic Peninsula Volcanic Group, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands

• Published in: Journal of South American Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Willan, Robert C.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 1996
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; Livingston Island; Miers; Hurd; Hurd peninsula; Miers Bluff; Moores Peak; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515366/; https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-9811(96)00011-9

The Moores Peak Formation occurs on eastern Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island, part of the South Shetland Island volcanic arc, which was active during Mesozoic and Cenozoic times. The rocks were formerly described as deformed Miers Bluff Formation (MBF) turbidites of early Triassic age. More recent...