Lucas Henrique Batista da Silva , Renato Rodriguez Cabral Ramos , Marcelo de Araújo Carvalho
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Integrated facies and petrographic analysis of the Whisky Bay Formation (Albian–Turonian), Larsen Basin, James Ross Island, Antarctica: depositional systems and arc-sourced detritus
This study presents an integrated facies and petrographic analysis of the Albian–Turonian Whisky Bay Formation (Gustav Group, Larsen Basin) on James Ross Island, Antarctica, to reconstruct depositional systems and evaluate arc-derived detrital input. Two stratigraphic profiles (totaling 130 m) were analyzed alongside petrographic data from 30 sandstone and rudite samples. Three lithofacies associations (FA1–FA3) were identified: (1) slope-apron breccias and sandstones (FA1), formed by debris flows and low-density turbidity currents linked to fault-scarp erosion; (2) sand-rich turbidites (FA2), deposited by high-efficiency turbidity currents through slope-attached canyons; and (3) volcaniclastic submarine fans (FA3), dominated by volcaniclastic conglomerates sourced from active arc magmatism. Petrographic data reveal lithic sandstones dominated by volcanic fragments (75–88 %), fresh plagioclase, and minor quartz/metasedimentary clasts, indicating provenance from the Antarctic Peninsula Volcanic Group (APVG) and Trinity Peninsula Group (TPG). Provenance-tectonic linkages highlight syn-sedimentary faulting and Aptian–Turonian arc flare-ups during Cretaceous evolution of the Larsen Basin. The stratigraphic transition from fault-driven aprons (FA1) to volcaniclastic fans (FA3) reflects a tectonostratigraphic system controlled by alternating differential subsidence and arc magmatism dynamics.
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Papers must have a regional appeal and should present work of more than local significance. Research papers dealing with the regional geology of South American cratons and mobile belts, within the following research fields:
-Economic geology, metallogenesis and hydrocarbon genesis and reservoirs.
-Geophysics, geochemistry, volcanology, igneous and metamorphic petrology.
-Tectonics, neo- and seismotectonics and geodynamic modeling.
-Geomorphology, geological hazards, environmental geology, climate change in America and Antarctica, and soil research.
-Stratigraphy, sedimentology, structure and basin evolution.
-Paleontology, paleoecology, paleoclimatology and Quaternary geology.
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