MAWSON TILLITE IN ANTARCTICA - PRELIMINARY REPORT OF A VOLCANIC DEPOSIT OF JURASSIC AGE

被引:27
作者
BORNS, HW
HALL, BA
机构
[1] Department of Geological Sciences, University of Maine, Orono
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D O I
10.1126/science.166.3907.870
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
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."
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