Mawson "Tillite" in Antarctica: Preliminary Report of a Volcanic Deposit of Jurassic Age

14 November 1969

journal article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 166 (3907) , 870-872
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.166.3907.870

Abstract

Reexamination of the Mawson "Tillite" (Jurassic) of Antarctica indicates that the deposit is of volcanic origin and consists largely of both primary and reworked volcanic materials. No evidence diagnostic of a glacial origin was found.

Keywords

ANTARCTICA
TILLITE
REWORKED
REEXAMINATION
JURASSIC
MAWSON
PRELIMINARY REPORT
VOLCANIC
GLACIAL ORIGIN

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