Provenance of basement erratics in Quaternary coastal moraines, southern McMurdo Sound, and implications for the source of Eocene sedimentary rocks

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: TALARICO, FRANCO MARIA, Pace D., Levy R. H.
• Other Authors: Talarico, FRANCO MARIA, Pace, D., Levy, R. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Antarctica; Cenozoic; glacial erratic; petrographic analyse; Transantarctic Mountains; Bluff The; McMurdo Sound; Minna Bluff; Mount Discovery; Ross Ice Shelf; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11365/48213; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102013000072

This paper summarizes fieldwork conducted in 2007 and presents results of petrographical analyses of basement rocks that occur along with fossil-rich Eocene sedimentary erratics in moraines along the north-east flank of Mount Discovery in southern McMurdo Sound. The Eocene rocks are significant as t...