Abstract:
Five days were spent geological mapping and sampling at Horseshoe Mountain. The strata cropping out are the Feather Conglomerate (Late Permian - early Triassic) and the Lashly Formation (Mid-Late Triassic). Reconnaissance and a small amount of sampling of the Lashly Formation at Shapeless Mountain was also conducted. Detailed petrological studies were made of the sandstone samples to determine mineralogical changes that may occur throughout this Triassic sequence. The relationship between sandstone texture and sedimentary structures was also studied.
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The data relating to this study can be found in a BSc Hons thesis, held with the Antarctic Research Center at Victoria University of Wellington. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/antarctic/index.aspx
Collected samples are catalogued in the PETLAB database and are held at either GNS Science or Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
