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GSA Memoirs
Geology and Paleontology of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica
Author(s)
Geological Society of America
Volume
170
Copyright:
© 1992 Geological Society of America
Geological Society of America
ISBN print:
9780813711706
Publication date:
January 01, 1992
Book Chapter
Chapter 3: Stratigraphy of the Crashsite Group, Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica
Author(s)
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Published:January 01, 1992
The Crashsite Group of the Ellsworth Mountains, a 3,000-m-thick sequence of shallow-water, mostly marine, tan, green, and red quartzose sandstones (quartzites) and argillites, is here subdivided, in ascending order, into the Howard Nunataks Formation (1,630 m), the Mount Liptak Formation 1,070 m), and the Mount Wyatt Earp Formation (300 m). The Mount Wyatt Earp Formation has yielded Devonian fossils. Late Cambrian trilobites occur in the transition beds at the base of the Crashsite Group, and it is probable that the lower parts of the Group include Ordovician and Silurian strata.
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