Provenance and Alteration of the Triassic Fremouw and Falla Formations, Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

The Fremouw and Falla Formations are part of a thick sequence of alluvial sediments that accumulated in a foreland basin (foredeep) between the Antarctic craton and the Gondwanian orogen, an Andean-type mountain belt along the Pacific margin of Gondwana. This study examines the petrology of Fremouw...

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Main Author: Vavra, Charles L.
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Institute of Polar Studies, The Ohio State University. 1984
Subjects:
Beacon Supergroup
Transantarctic Mountains
Antarctica
Falla Formation
Fremouw Formation
Antarctic
Cumulus Hills
Falla
Pacific
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1811/48692
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Summary:The Fremouw and Falla Formations are part of a thick sequence of alluvial sediments that accumulated in a foreland basin (foredeep) between the Antarctic craton and the Gondwanian orogen, an Andean-type mountain belt along the Pacific margin of Gondwana. This study examines the petrology of Fremouw and Falla sandstone in the central Transantarctic Mountains from the Cumulus Hills to the Queen Alexandra Range in order to determine provenance and post-depositional history. Digenetic Modeling Group, Geological Research, Arco Oil and Gas Company, Dallas, TX

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