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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1979-80: VUWAE 24

Event 11b Cenozoic Studies Coombs Hills (3.5 miles NW of Mt Brooke)

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Event 11b Cenozoic Studies Coombs Hills (3.5 miles NW of Mt Brooke)

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PLATE I. MSSTS Drilling rig (left) and campsite. Ferrar Valley in the background (right).

PLATE I. MSSTS Drilling rig (left) and campsite. Ferrar Valley in the background (right).

PLATE II. MSSTS camp. Mess Jamesway on the left.

PLATE II. MSSTS camp. Mess Jamesway on the left.

PLATE III. Construction of the drilling rig. D4 doxer was used to pull motor on to the drilling platform.

PLATE III. Construction of the drilling rig. D4 doxer was used to pull motor on to the drilling platform.

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PLATE IV. Guy Holmes (driller) and Gerry Haugh (off-sider) join a new section of rod to the drill string.

PLATE IV. Guy Holmes (driller) and Gerry Haugh (off-sider) join a new section of rod to the drill string.

PLATE V. Inside the Science Hut, showing core bench and core in splits.

PLATE V. Inside the Science Hut, showing core bench and core in splits.

PLATE IV. BQ core from ca. 220 m below the sea floor.

PLATE IV. BQ core from ca. 220 m below the sea floor.

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PLATE VII. Steve Bressler (USGS) coring samples for paleomagnetic studies, using a drill press in the carpenter′s workshop at Scott Base.

PLATE VII. Steve Bressler (USGS) coring samples for paleomagnetic studies, using a drill press in the carpenter′s workshop at Scott Base.

PLATE VIII. Barry Walker (VUW) using a petrographic microscope for smear slide analysis of core. Biolab. (Scott Base)

PLATE VIII. Barry Walker (VUW) using a petrographic microscope for smear slide analysis of core. Biolab. (Scott Base)

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PLATE XI. Diamictite (d), interbedded with carbonaceous shale (sh) and sandstone lenses (st) are lithologies of the Metschel Tillite Formation at Mt. Fleming.

PLATE XI. Diamictite (d), interbedded with carbonaceous shale (sh) and sandstone lenses (st) are lithologies of the Metschel Tillite Formation at Mt. Fleming.

PLATE X. Symmetrical ripples are formed in a thin calcareous bed in the Weller Coal Measures at Mt. Fleming.

PLATE X. Symmetrical ripples are formed in a thin calcareous bed in the Weller Coal Measures at Mt. Fleming.

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PLATE XI. Blue Plateau ice encompasses the near-horizontal Beacon strata of Horseshoe Mountain immediately west of Mt. Fleming. Location of Plate XII arrowed.

PLATE XI. Blue Plateau ice encompasses the near-horizontal Beacon strata of Horseshoe Mountain immediately west of Mt. Fleming. Location of Plate XII arrowed.

PLATE XIII. Extensive planar cross beds are preserved in hastily sandstone (member B) which forms which forms an extensive platform at Horseshoe Mtn. (Plate XI arrowed)

PLATE XIII. Extensive planar cross beds are preserved in hastily sandstone (member B) which forms which forms an extensive platform at Horseshoe Mtn. (Plate XI arrowed)

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PLATE XIII. Intrepid VUWAE geologists measuring with the aid of the Jacob staff after a recent snow fall (Horseshoe Mtn.).

PLATE XIII. Intrepid VUWAE geologists measuring with the aid of the Jacob staff after a recent snow fall (Horseshoe Mtn.).

PLATE XIV. Hummocky alpine moraines are preserved near ice covered Lake Sigrid in the Pearce Valley.

PLATE XIV. Hummocky alpine moraines are preserved near ice covered Lake Sigrid in the Pearce Valley.