Geology of the Central Portion of the Queen Maud Range, Transantarctic Mountains

Wade, F. Alton; Yeats, Vestal L.; Everett, John R.; Greenlee, David W.; LaPrade, Kerby E.; Shenk, J. C.

doi:10.1126/science.150.3705.1808

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“…Taylor Group rocks do not occur and were probably never deposited (Barrett 1965;Katz & Waterhouse 1970;Isbell 1999), so that Permian sediments rest directly on basement. The Butters Formation, described by Wade et al (1965) as the possible equivalent of the Alexandra Formation on the Nilsen Plateau, has subsequently been recognized as a periglacial sequence of the Permian glacial Pagoda Formation (Isbell et al 2001).…”

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The Taylor Group (Beacon Supergroup): the Devonian sediments of Antarctica

Bradshaw

2013

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The Taylor Group, the lower division of the Beacon Supergroup, comprises mainly quartzose sandstones of Devonian age deposited after the development of the Kukri Erosion Surface across the Cambrian Ross orogen. Devonian sediments accumulated in a McMurdo Basin that now incorporates most of the Transantarctic Mountains, and a larger Ellsworth Basin that extends from West Antarctica into southern Africa. In southern Victoria Land (McMurdo Basin) the seven formations total around 1200 m in thickness. Sequence stratigraphy suggests five sedimentary cycles, the lower four of which may show shallow marine influence. Provenance studies indicate derivation solely from Ross Orogen sources. The Taylor Group in the central Transantarctic Mountains consists of two thin formations, only one of which is extensive. In the Ellsworth Basin, Taylor Group equivalents rest concordantly on thick piles of post-Ross Palaeozoic sediment. Shallow-water Devonian sediments in the Ohio Range contain a marine fauna linked with those of the Ellsworth Mountains, southern Africa, South America, New Zealand and Australia. A seaway probably existed along the Pacific edge of the East Antarctic craton, allowing these faunal links, and may also have communicated with the McMurdo Basin to drive the five sedimentary sequences.

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The Taylor Group (Beacon Supergroup): the Devonian sediments of Antarctica

Bradshaw

2013

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“…The first is the spelling of "McKellar" where the name was used for a formation in the Beardmore Glacier area. The name has been misspelled in a previous publication (Wade et al;1965), so to prevent possible future confusion I would like to point out that the name was spelled "Mackellar" when the formation was defined (Grindley, 1963) , and that the name of the mountain from which the formation name was taken is spelled "Mackellar" in both New Zealand and United States gazetteers of Antarctic names (Helm, 1958; U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 1966). The mountain is named for Campbell Mackellar of London, a supporter of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-09.…”

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