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Geologic sketch map of the Seymour Island, Antarctic
Peninsula
Legend: 1 – recent fluvioglacial deposits, 2 – La Meseta
Formation (Eocene), 3 – Cross valley Formation (Early late
Paleocene), 4 - Sobral Formation, unit 4 (Early Paleocene),
5 – Sobral Formation, unit 3 (Early Paleocene), 6 – Sobral
Formation, unit 2 (Early Paleocene), 7 – Sobral Formation,
unit 1 (Early Paleocene, 8 – Lopez de Bertodano Formation,
unit 10 (Late Maastrichtian – Early Paleocene), 9 – Lopez de
Bertodano Formation, units 1-9, 10 – Basaltic dikes
Map and Legend from
Geological Locations.com |
SEYMOUR ISLAND
The link is to the Wikipedia page on
Seymour Island.
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PENGUIN POINT
"[The sample is a] grey sandy
siltstone with echinoderm. Top of the K-T outcrop facing
west." B. Huber The sample was collected in 1983. It is from the
Paleocene. |
PENGUIN POINT
64.19 S, 56.43 W
The link is to a series of You Tube
videos on the Penguin Project |
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CAPE LAMAS
"Burrowed hard ground follows contact
of well bedded and massive units. Outcrop is rapidly eroding
and filling gully." B. Huber The sample is a siltstone collected in
1985. It is from the Cretaceous. |
CAPE LAMAS
63.54S, 57.37W
The link is to the Wikipedia page on
Cape Lamas |
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CAPE WIMAN
"Top 6m fine sandstone with small
amount of mud. Yellow-grey Fe stained streaks. !m thin
laminated cross bed unit, medium sandstone with dark
grains." B. Huber The sample was collected in 1983. It is from the
Paleocene. |
CAPE
WIMAN 64.12S, 556.37W
The link is to the Wikipedia page on
Cape Wiman. |
