The stratigraphy of the Pliocene-lower Pleistocene Bardin Bluffs Formation, Amery Oasis, northern Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Whitehead, JM, McKelvey, BC
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: British Antarctic Survey 2001
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geology; Sedimentology; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarctic; Bardin Bluffs; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Lambert Glacier; Pagodroma Gorge; Prince Charles Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102001000128; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/32525

In the Amery Oasis of the northern Prince Charles Mountains, the glaciomarine Bardin Bluffs Formation of the Pagodroma Group was deposited between the Late Pliocene (< 3.1 Ma) and Early Pleistocene (> 1 Ma). The formation provides evidence of (i) a reduced East Antarctic ice sheet compared to...