Correlation of Byrd and Selborne Groups, with implications for the Byrd Glacier discontinuity, central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

• Published in: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
• Main Authors: STUMP, E., GOOTEE, B., TALARICO, F., VAN SCHMUS, W., BRAND, P., FOLAND, K., FANNING, M.
• Other Authors: Stump, E., Gootee, B., Talarico, F., Brand, P., Foland, K., Fanning, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Byrd group; selborne group; shackleton limestone; ross orogen; cambrian; stratigraphy; Transantarctic Mountains; Shackleton; Byrd; Byrd Glacier; Selborne; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11365/17794; https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2004.9515045

South of Byrd Glacier, central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica, Lower Cambrian Shackleton Limestone (Byrd Group) is divided into four informal members. The transition from Shackleton carbonates to clastics of Starshot Formation is conformable, with alternating units of limestone and argillite,...