PIRRIE, D., CRAME, J. A., RIDING, J. B., BUTCHER, A. R., TAYLOR, P. D. (1997) Miocene glaciomarine sedimentation in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region: the stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Hobbs Glacier Formation, James Ross Island. Geological Magazine, 134 (6) 745-762 doi:10.1017/s0016756897007796
| Reference Type | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ||
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| Title | Miocene glaciomarine sedimentation in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region: the stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Hobbs Glacier Formation, James Ross Island | ||
| Journal | Geological Magazine | ||
| Authors | PIRRIE, D. | Author | |
| CRAME, J. A. | Author | ||
| RIDING, J. B. | Author | ||
| BUTCHER, A. R. | Author | ||
| TAYLOR, P. D. | Author | ||
| Year | 1997 (November) | Volume | 134 |
| Issue | 6 | ||
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) | ||
| DOI | doi:10.1017/s0016756897007796Search in ResearchGate | ||
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 257513 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:257513:5 |
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| Full Reference | PIRRIE, D., CRAME, J. A., RIDING, J. B., BUTCHER, A. R., TAYLOR, P. D. (1997) Miocene glaciomarine sedimentation in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region: the stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Hobbs Glacier Formation, James Ross Island. Geological Magazine, 134 (6) 745-762 doi:10.1017/s0016756897007796 | ||
| Plain Text | PIRRIE, D., CRAME, J. A., RIDING, J. B., BUTCHER, A. R., TAYLOR, P. D. (1997) Miocene glaciomarine sedimentation in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region: the stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Hobbs Glacier Formation, James Ross Island. Geological Magazine, 134 (6) 745-762 doi:10.1017/s0016756897007796 | ||
| In | (1997, November) Geological Magazine Vol. 134 (6) Cambridge University Press (CUP) | ||
| Abstract/Notes | The onshore record of Cenozoic glaciation in the Antarctic Peninsula region is limited to a number of isolated localities on Alexander Island, the South Shetland Islands and in the James Ross Island area. In the James Ross Island area, Late Cretaceous sedimentary rocks are unconformably overlain by a unit of diamictites and tuffs, which occur at the base of the James Ross Island Volcanic Group. These rocks are here defined as the Hobbs Glacier Formation, and on the basis of palynological studies are assigned to a Miocene (?late Miocene) age. The diamictites are interpreted as representing glaciomarine sedimentation close to the grounding line of either a floating ice shelf or a grounded tidewater glacier in a marine basin. Provenance studies indicate that the glacier was flowing from the Antarctic Peninsula towards the southeast. Volcanic tuffs conformably overlie the diamictites and are interpreted as representing deposition in a periglacial delta front setting in either a marine or non-marine basin, away from direct glacial influence. The Hobbs Glacier Formation and overlying James Ross Island Volcanic Group help to enhance our understanding of the Neogene glacial chronology of West Antarctica. | ||
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