Object # PRR-27326: Rock Sample

Primary Field #	94QH26
Secondary Field #	QH-94-26
IGSN #	PRR027326
Kind of Object	Rock Sample
Rock Type	Sedimentary
Rock Name	Mudstone
Sample Description	Interbedded, laminated mudstones and sandstones unit
Weight	68 g
General Notes	90m high sequence of stratified sediments exposed. Consisting of diamictons and laminated, horizontally bedded mudstones, alternating with micaceous sand and containing many pebbles and boulders, embedded dropstones.
Continent	Antarctica
Region	Southern Transantarctic Mountains
Mountain Range/Island Group	Watson Escarpment
Mountain/Island Name	Quartz Hills
Coordinates	-85.933, -132.833 (85° 56' S, 132° 50' W)
Positioning Method	Geographic Name
Era	Cenozoic
Period	Neogene
Epoch	Pliocene
Stratigraphy	Supergroup Group Formation Member Section Name Unit Thickness Sample Height Distance from Intrusion Sirius Group Quartz Hills Formation Unit 10
Additional Material	Reference
Primary Field Logistics	LC130 Hercules Aircraft
Data Sources	Stratigraphic Section Publication
Field Year Collected	1994
Collector	Harwood, David M.
Donor	Webb, Peter N.
References	Wilson, G., Harwood, D., Askin, R., & Levy, R. (1998). Late Neogene Sirius Group strata in Reedy Valley, Antarctica: A multiple-resolution record of climate, ice-sheet and sea-level events. Journal of Glaciology, 44(148), 437-447. doi:10.3189/S0022143000001957

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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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