Cretaceous and Tertiary Strata of the James Ross Basin and  the Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula
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The James Ross Basin contains the only exposed sequence of Upper                Cretaceous to Lower Tertiary marine strata in Antarctica.  This                 sequence was deposited in an back-arc basin related to the                      development of the mid-Mesozoic to mid-Tertiary "Andean" active                 plate margin of the Antarctic Peninsula.                                                                                                                        Seymour Island has strata of Campanian to Oligocene age.  These                 poorly consolidated sedimentary rocks contain a diverse                         invertebrate fauna that for the most part shows exceptional                     preservation.  Plant microfossils are also common, and the                      vertebrate faunas include the first fossil marsupial from                       Antarctica.  The Campanian to Paleocene sequence also spans the                 K/T boundary.                                                                                                                                                   This sequence provides the opportunity to investigate the tectonic              evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula cordillera through study of                the depositional settings of the strata, paleocurrent data,                     provenance of the detrital sediment, and petrology of the                       contemporaneous volcanic material.  Results of these field and                  laboratory studies will be combined with information on the                     magmatic history of the cordillera to model the tectonic evolution              of the source terrain which occupied the region of the northern                 Antarctic Peninsula.
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