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Description

Early Aptian age, conglomerate dominated submarine fan deposits and sandstone apron deposits. Post-depositional deformation. Only exposed on Pedersen Nunatak (140 m thickness) and Sobral Peninsula (up to 1 km thickness). Possible equivalent to Lagrelius Point Formation of lower Gustav Group.

Age

Early Cretaceous

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.