Stratigraphy and Sedimentation of Lower Beacon Rocks in the Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica
The horizontally bedded lower Beacon rocks of the Queen Alexandra,Queen Elizabeth, and Holland Ranges rest unconformably on the highly deformed Precambrian to Lower Paleozoic basement complex. The sequence is divided into the Alexandra, Pagoda, and Mackellar Formations. The Devonian(?) Alexandra For...
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ftohiostateu:oai:kb.osu.edu:1811/48919 2023-05-15T13:50:04+02:00 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation of Lower Beacon Rocks in the Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica Lindsay, John F. 1969-08 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1811/48919 en_US eng Research Foundation and the Institute of Polar Studies, The Ohio State University. Institute of Polar Studies Report No. 33. Lindsay, John F. 1969. Stratigraphy and Sedimentation of Lower Beacon Rocks in the Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Institute of Polar Studies Report No. 33, Research Foundation and the Institute of Polar Studies, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 58 pages. 0078-415X http://hdl.handle.net/1811/48919 Transantarctic Mountains Antarctica Stratigraphy--Transantarctic Mountains Sedimentation--Transantarctic Mountains Technical Report 1969 ftohiostateu 2020-08-22T19:26:45Z The horizontally bedded lower Beacon rocks of the Queen Alexandra,Queen Elizabeth, and Holland Ranges rest unconformably on the highly deformed Precambrian to Lower Paleozoic basement complex. The sequence is divided into the Alexandra, Pagoda, and Mackellar Formations. The Devonian(?) Alexandra Formation consists of more than 300 m of well-sorted, cross-bedded, quartzose sandstone. The sediment was deposited in a high energy, shallow water, non-marine environment. Current structures suggest that sediment was supplied from both sides of a narrow basin and transported to the southeast along the length of the basin. The Permian Pagoda Formation, which rests disconformably on the Alexandra Formation, consists of 125 to 395 m of interbedded tillite and sandstone. The Pagoda Formation was deposited from temperate ice by an ice sheet of continental proportions. Evidence from elsewhere in the Transantarctic, Ellsworth, and Pensacola Mountains suggests that the ice sheet was centered in southern Victoria Land. The ice sheet advanced on one or more occasions as far as the Shackleton Glacier (about 950 km) but during other advances extended beyond the Pensacola Mountains (more than 2000 km). The Pagoda Formation is conformably overlain by 61 to 121 m of thinly bedded shales and fine-grained, ripple-drift cross-bedded sandstones which make up the Permian Mackellar Formation. Evidence of a strandline to the west of the area suggests that the Mackellar Formation, like the Alexandra Formation, may have been deposited in a narrow basin. Sediment was transported to the southeast and deposited in a low-energy environment which locally may have been stagnant. The origin of the Mackellar Formation is probably related to isostatic depression of the land surface and the final retreat of the ice sheet which allowed an inland extension of the sea. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Contract No. AT(11-1)-1473. Field Support supplied by U.S. Navy Task Force 43. National Science Foundation Grants GA-534 and GA-1159. Report Antarc* Antarctica Ice Sheet Shackleton Glacier Victoria Land Ohio State University (OSU): Knowledge Bank Mackellar ENVELOPE(-58.455,-58.455,-62.079,-62.079) Pensacola Mountains ENVELOPE(-58.000,-58.000,-83.500,-83.500) Shackleton Shackleton Glacier ENVELOPE(-37.200,-37.200,-54.133,-54.133) Transantarctic Mountains Victoria Land |
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The horizontally bedded lower Beacon rocks of the Queen Alexandra,Queen Elizabeth, and Holland Ranges rest unconformably on the highly deformed Precambrian to Lower Paleozoic basement complex. The sequence is divided into the Alexandra, Pagoda, and Mackellar Formations. The Devonian(?) Alexandra Formation consists of more than 300 m of well-sorted, cross-bedded, quartzose sandstone. The sediment was deposited in a high energy, shallow water, non-marine environment. Current structures suggest that sediment was supplied from both sides of a narrow basin and transported to the southeast along the length of the basin. The Permian Pagoda Formation, which rests disconformably on the Alexandra Formation, consists of 125 to 395 m of interbedded tillite and sandstone. The Pagoda Formation was deposited from temperate ice by an ice sheet of continental proportions. Evidence from elsewhere in the Transantarctic, Ellsworth, and Pensacola Mountains suggests that the ice sheet was centered in southern Victoria Land. The ice sheet advanced on one or more occasions as far as the Shackleton Glacier (about 950 km) but during other advances extended beyond the Pensacola Mountains (more than 2000 km). The Pagoda Formation is conformably overlain by 61 to 121 m of thinly bedded shales and fine-grained, ripple-drift cross-bedded sandstones which make up the Permian Mackellar Formation. Evidence of a strandline to the west of the area suggests that the Mackellar Formation, like the Alexandra Formation, may have been deposited in a narrow basin. Sediment was transported to the southeast and deposited in a low-energy environment which locally may have been stagnant. The origin of the Mackellar Formation is probably related to isostatic depression of the land surface and the final retreat of the ice sheet which allowed an inland extension of the sea. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Contract No. AT(11-1)-1473. Field Support supplied by U.S. Navy Task Force 43. National Science Foundation Grants GA-534 and GA-1159. |
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Stratigraphy and Sedimentation of Lower Beacon Rocks in the Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica |
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Stratigraphy and Sedimentation of Lower Beacon Rocks in the Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica |
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Stratigraphy and Sedimentation of Lower Beacon Rocks in the Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica |
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Stratigraphy and Sedimentation of Lower Beacon Rocks in the Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica |
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Stratigraphy and Sedimentation of Lower Beacon Rocks in the Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica |
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stratigraphy and sedimentation of lower beacon rocks in the central transantarctic mountains, antarctica |
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Research Foundation and the Institute of Polar Studies, The Ohio State University. |
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1969 |
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ENVELOPE(-58.455,-58.455,-62.079,-62.079) ENVELOPE(-58.000,-58.000,-83.500,-83.500) ENVELOPE(-37.200,-37.200,-54.133,-54.133) |
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Mackellar Pensacola Mountains Shackleton Shackleton Glacier Transantarctic Mountains Victoria Land |
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Mackellar Pensacola Mountains Shackleton Shackleton Glacier Transantarctic Mountains Victoria Land |
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Antarc* Antarctica Ice Sheet Shackleton Glacier Victoria Land |
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Antarc* Antarctica Ice Sheet Shackleton Glacier Victoria Land |
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Institute of Polar Studies Report No. 33. Lindsay, John F. 1969. Stratigraphy and Sedimentation of Lower Beacon Rocks in the Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Institute of Polar Studies Report No. 33, Research Foundation and the Institute of Polar Studies, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 58 pages. 0078-415X http://hdl.handle.net/1811/48919 |
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