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Description

Terrestrial, plant-bearing sedimentary rocks exposed at several locations along the east coast. Four formations (Mount Flora Fm, Camp Hill Fm, Tower Peak Fm, Mt Mayhew Fm) have been identified. The upper part of the succession is coeval with the Graham Land Volcanic Group (Mapple and Kenney Glacier Formations and the Standring Inlet Basalts).

Age

Early Jurassic

Map Reference

Riley, T. R., Flowerdew, M. J. & Haselwimmer, C. E. Geological Map of Eastern Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula (1:625 000 scale). Sheet 1, (British Antarctic Survey, 2011). Available here.