Examination of the Buckeye Tillite formation, the trace fossils within the Devonian Horlick formation and the Permian Coal Measure in the Ohio Range of the Horlick Mountains

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Title: Examination of the Buckeye Tillite formation, the trace fossils within the Devonian Horlick formation and the Permian Coal Measure in the Ohio Range of the Horlick Mountains

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A second season of field work was undertaken in the Ohio Range of the Horlick Mountains as a three fold geological study to complete the stratigraphy of the area. This included an analysis of the abundant trace fossils of the Devonian Horlick Formation, a detailed assessment of the glacial Buckeye Formation and post-glacial Discovery Ridge Formation, and a study of the very thick overlying Permian Coal Measures. The Mount Glossopteris coal measures were studied on Mercer and Terrace Ridges of Mount Schopf and the Canyon Peak area from a camp on Terrace Ridge. Coal measures were also studied on Mount Glossopteris and Quartz Pebble Hill from the upper Discovery Ridge camp, as well as the Discovery Ridge Formation lower in these sequences. The party worked along the whole of the escarpment using other camps, and by sledging round the western end of the range, the group got easier access to the Horlick Formation on Discovery Ridge and a spur further east. Recollection of lithofacies in the Horlick Formation was carried out for thin section analysis to test certain deductions from previous sampling. Several new sections in the Horlick formation were measured. Fine grained samples from the Buckeye Formation and the Discovery Ridge Formation were collected for pollen analysis. The coal petrology of the Mt Glossopteris Formation was determined. A detailed analysis was undertaken on the Trace fossils were widely photographed and collected wherever possible for further study. Numerous well preserved and very large Glossopteris leaves were collected for future research.

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REFERENCE: Bradshaw, M. 2010. Devonian trace fossils of the Horlick Formation, Ohio Range, Antarctica: Systematic description and palaeoenvironmental interpretation. Ichnos 17: 58-114. Bradshaw, M.A. Permian nonmarine bivalves from the Ohio Range, Antarctica. Alcheringa 8: 305-309, 1984. Bradshaw, M.A. McCartan, L. Kellogg, K. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Ohio Range, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Scale 1:50,000. Reston, VA: US Geological Survey. 1986. [Antarctic geological map series: A-13] Bradshaw, M.A. Webers, G.F. The Devonian rocks of Antarctica. in: The Devonian of the world, vol. 1.McMillan N.J. Embry A.F. Glass D.J. (eds) Calgary, Alberta: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. 1988. pp.783-795 [Memoir 14] Bradshaw, M.A. McCartan, L. Palaeoecology and systematics of Early Devonian bivalves from the Horlick Formation, Ohio Range, Antarctica. Alcheringa 15(1): 1-42, 1991. Aitchison, J.C. Bradshaw, M.A. Newman, J. Lithofacies and origin of the Buckeye Formation: late Paleozoic glacial and glaciomarine sediments, Ohio Range, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology 64: 93-104, 1988. Bradshaw, M.A. Newman, J. Aitchison, J.C. Preliminary geological results of the 1983-84 Ohio Range Expedition. New Zealand Antarctic record 5(3): 1-17, 1984. Bradshaw, M.A. Newman, J. Aitchison, J.C. The sedimentary geology, palaeoenvironments and ichnocoenoses of the Lower Devonian Horlick Formation, Ohio Range, Antarctica. Antarctic science 14(4): 395-411, 2002. Bradshaw, M.A. Short Note: A new ichnogenus Catenarichnus from the Devonian of the Ohio Range, Antarctica. Antarctic science 14(4): 422-424, 2002. McCartan, L. Bradshaw, M.A. Petrology and sedimentology of the Horlick Formation (Lower Devonian), Ohio Range, Transantarctic Mountains.1987.[US Geological Survey bulletin no. 1780] Newman, N. A. Maturation history of the Permian coals beneath the Ferrar dolerite sill, Ohio Range, Antarctica. Proceedings of the 6th Australian Coal Science Conference, Newcastle, 314-323, 1994

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Canterbury Museum holds over 2000 rock specimens from Antarctica. Most of these represent the lithologies of the Beacon Supergroup of rocks and were collected during several NZARP events over a number of seasons in the 1970s and 1980s. The collections were made at a number of sites in the Transantarctic Mountains of Victoria Land. In addition, small collections were made at Cape Adare and Cape Hallett. Collected at the same time were fossils (in excess of 1200 specimens) of a variety of ages, but mostly Devonian (416-359 Ma), Permian (299-251 Ma) and Triassic (251-199 Ma). Represented among the fossils are plants, invertebrates (mostly arthropods, molluscs and brachiopods) and vertebrates (fish). In the collections Antarctic rock have catalogue numbers with the prefix RA; fossils have the prefix AF. Rock samples and fossils specific to this expedition include: Rocks RA1028-2060 from Ohio Range (Discovery Ridge, Lackey Ridge, Darling Ridge, Mt Schopf) Fossils AF756-1092 Permian plants and invertebrates from Mt Schopf; Mt Glossopteris Devonian fish and invertebrates from Lackey Ridge Please contact: Dr Norton Hiller Curator of Geology Canterbury Museum Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch 8013 NEW ZEALAND Phone: +64 3 366 5000 Direct dial: +64 3 366 9429 ext 820 Fax: +64 3 366 5622 Email: nhiller@canterburymuseum.com www.canterburymuseum.com

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