Object # PRR-34581: Rock Sample
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| Primary Field # | BF215 | ||||||||||||||||
| IGSN # | PRR034581 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kind of Object | Rock Sample | ||||||||||||||||
| Rock Type | Sedimentary | ||||||||||||||||
| Rock Name | Sandstone | ||||||||||||||||
| Sample Description | Unit 20, Sandstone, white to light gray (with red brown), medium grained, cross bedded. | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 152 g | ||||||||||||||||
| General Notes | Section F2. Rock, north-facing slope leading onto the west ridge of Mt. Falla. Elevation at base of section is 2610m | ||||||||||||||||
| Continent | Antarctica | ||||||||||||||||
| Region | Central Transantarctic Mountains | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain Range/Island Group | Queen Alexandra Range | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain/Island Name | Mt. Falla | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | -84.350, 164.700 (84° 21' S, 164° 42' E) | ||||||||||||||||
| Positioning Method | Thesis | ||||||||||||||||
| Elevation (ASL) | 2610 m | ||||||||||||||||
| Era | Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||
| Period | Triassic | ||||||||||||||||
| Epoch | Late | ||||||||||||||||
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| Additional Material | Reference Petrographic Thin Section Available at PRR | ||||||||||||||||
| Primary Field Logistics | LC130 Hercules Aircraft | ||||||||||||||||
| Secondary Field Logistics | Snowmobile | ||||||||||||||||
| Field Logistics Notes | [elevation listed is for start of section] | ||||||||||||||||
| Data Sources | Report Ph.D Thesis Publication | ||||||||||||||||
| Field Year Collected | 1966 | ||||||||||||||||
| Collector | Barrett, Peter J. | ||||||||||||||||
| Donor | Barrett, Peter J. | ||||||||||||||||
| References | Barrett, Peter J., 1968, The post-glacial Permian and Triassic Beacon rocks in the Beardmore Glacier area, central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica, Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 510 pp. Barrett, Peter J. 1969. Stratigraphy and Petrology of the Mainly Fluviatile Permian and Triassic Beacon Rocks, Beardmore Glacier Area, Antarctica. Institute of Polar Studies Report No. 34, Research Foundation and the Institute of Polar Studies, The Ohio State University, 132 pages. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/55739 Barrett, P. J., Elliot, D. H. and Lindsay, J. F. (1986) The Beacon Supergroup (Devonian-Triassic) and Ferrar Group (Jurrasic) in the Beardmore Glacier Area, Antarctica, in Geology of the Central Transantarctic Mountains (eds M. D. Turner and J. E. Splettstoesser), American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C.. doi:10.1029/AR036p0339 |
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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]
