Title Beacon Supergroup
Author Collinson, J.W.
Source Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, edited by B. Riffenburgh, p.129-131, . Publisher: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, New York, NY, United States. ISBN: 0-415-97024-5; 978-0- 415-97024-2
Publication Date 2007
Notes In English. 19 refs. GeoRef Acc. No: 285742
Index Terms Antarctica--Queen Maud Range; Antarctica--Victoria Land; Antarctica; Beacon Supergroup; clastic rocks; lithostratigraphy; Lower Triassic; Mesozoic; nomenclature; Paleozoic; Permian; Permian-Triassic boundary; Queen Maud Range; sandstone; sedimentary rocks; stratigraphic boundary; Transantarctic Mountains; Triassic; Upper Permian; Victoria Land
Abstract The Encyclopedia of the Antarctic contains 495 individual, alphabetically arranged entries of 500 to 6000 words each. Each entry is cited separately in the Antarctic Bibliography. The geology of the Devonian-Jurassic Beacon Supergroup and the history of its study is presented. (mte)
Publication Type monograph
Record ID 84370