Object # PRR-14776: Rock Sample
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| Primary Field # | R2206 | ||||||||||||||||
| Secondary Field # | A465 | ||||||||||||||||
| IGSN # | PRR014776 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kind of Object | Rock Sample | ||||||||||||||||
| Rock Type | Sedimentary | ||||||||||||||||
| Rock Name | Claystone | ||||||||||||||||
| Sample Description | Silty claystone, non-calcareous. Massive layer with a hint of relict bedding but structure is blocky, subangular. | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 584 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Susceptibility | 25 x10-5 SI units | ||||||||||||||||
| General Notes | David clay: gray-green surface (A) over red (10R) clayey subsurface (Bt). Called Ochreptic Hapludalf using US taxonomy (Soil Survey Staff 1997). At 7.1-8.3m | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional Notes at PRR | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Continent | Antarctica | ||||||||||||||||
| Region | Southern Transantarctic Mountains | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain Range/Island Group | Queen Maud Mountains | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain/Island Name | Mt. Rosenwald | ||||||||||||||||
| Precise Location | From a measured section at 6-9m in the down faulted block at the eastern face of Mt. Rosenwald, near the Shackleton Glacier | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | -85.052222, -178.498056 (85° 3.1' S, 178° 29.9' W) | ||||||||||||||||
| Positioning Method | GPS | ||||||||||||||||
| Era | Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||
| Period | Triassic | ||||||||||||||||
| Epoch | Early | ||||||||||||||||
| Stratigraphy |
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| Additional Material | Reference | ||||||||||||||||
| Primary Field Logistics | LC130 Hercules Aircraft | ||||||||||||||||
| Secondary Field Logistics | Helicopter | ||||||||||||||||
| Data Sources | Publication Field Notebook Notes | ||||||||||||||||
| Date Collected | 1995-12-29 | ||||||||||||||||
| Field Year Collected | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| Collector | Retallack, Gregory J. | ||||||||||||||||
| Donor | Retallack, Gregory J. | ||||||||||||||||
| References | Retallack, G.J. and Krull, E.S., 1999, Landscape ecological shift at the Permian‐Triassic boundary in Antarctica, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences: An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia. Volume 46, Issue 5, p. 785-812. doi:10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00745.x |
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The Polar Rock Repository (PRR), Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC), Ohio State University: Polar rock and dredge samples available for research and educational use from the PRR.
doi:10.7289/V5RF5S18 [date of access]
