Object # PRR-20858: Rock Sample

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Primary Field #	K-193
IGSN #	PRR020858
Kind of Object	Rock Sample
Rock Type	Sedimentary
Rock Name	Siltstone
Sample Description	Concretionary, fine sandy siltstone.
Weight	664 g
General Notes	[Locations from geologic map in Huber, 1988]
Additional Notes at PRR	Yes
Continent	Antarctica
Region	Antarctic Peninsula
Mountain/Island Name	Seymour Island
Other Feature Name(s)	Cross Valley
Precise Location	Cross Valley
Coordinates	-64.259, -56.736 (64° 15.5' S, 56° 44.2' W)
Positioning Method	Geographic Name
Era	Mesozoic
Period	Cretaceous
Epoch	Late
Stage	Maastrichtian
Stratigraphy	Supergroup Group Formation Member Section Name Unit Thickness Sample Height Distance from Intrusion Marambio Group Lopez de Bertodano Formation Klb9 III K41, 683
Additional Material	Reference
Primary Field Logistics	Icebreaker (Glacier)
Data Sources	Field Notebook Publication Master's thesis
Date Collected	1982-03-04
Field Year Collected	1982
Collector	Huber, Brian T.
Donor	Huber, Brian T.
References	Huber, Brian T., 1988, Upper Campanian-Paleocene foraminifera from the James Ross Island region, Antarctic Peninsula, Memoir of the Geological Society of America 01/1988; 169(1):163-252. doi:10.1130/MEM169-p163 Huber, B.T., 1984, Late Cretaceous foraminiferal biostratigraphy, paleoecology, and paleobiogeography of the James Ross Island region, Antarctic Peninsula, Unpublished Master's Thesis, The Ohio State University, 246p.

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Cite as: 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]

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