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Seymour Island Group

Description

Richly fossiliferous, shallow water Palaeocene - Eocene fine grained volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks restricted to Seymour Island and Cockburn Island.

Age

Paleocene-Eocene

Field Photo

Seymour Island from the air
Seymour Island from the air (Image c/o Rowan Whittle, BAS)

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.