Mawson "Tillite" in Antarctica: Preliminary Report of a Volcanic Deposit of Jurassic Age
- 14 November 1969
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 166 (3907), 870-872
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.166.3907.870
Abstract
Reexamination of the Mawson "Tillite" (Jurassic) of Antarctica indicates that the deposit is of volcanic origin and consists largely of both primary and reworked volcanic materials. No evidence diagnostic of a glacial origin was found.Keywords
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