Late Mesozoic sedimentation in the northern Antarctic Peninsula and its relationship to the southern Andes

Two distinct phases of island-are evolution are recognized in late Mesozoic sedimentary rocks of the northern Antarctic Peninsula. During late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) times, alternating radiolaria-rich mudstones and ash-fall tuffs were deposited under shallow marine euxinic conditions in a...

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Published in:Journal of the Geological Society
Main Author: Farquharson, G.W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Geological Society of London 1982
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Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524361/
https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.139.6.0721