Table Of Contents
Acknowledgments ...iv
Executive Summary ix
I. Introduction 1
II. Workshop Organization 2
III. Workshop Results/Conclusions 2
A. High Priority Science Objectives 2
B. Field and Laboratory Objectives 4
C. Logistics to Accomplish the Science Objectives 4
D. Community Action 9
IV. Recommendations 9
A. Major Field Operations 9
B. Community Participation 9
References 9
Appendix A- Group Reports 11
Basement Rocks of the Central Transantarctic Mountains (TAM)
Late Precambrian - Early Paleozoic
Compiled by: A.J. Rowell. ..........11
The Role of Antarctica in Changing Global Systems as Shown by the Late
Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic Succession: "Icehouse" to "Greenhouse"
Transition and Biotic Response
Compiled by: J.L. Isbell 14
Mesozoic-Cenozoic Tectonics of the Central and Southern Transantarctic Mountains
Compiled by: D.H. Elliot and T.J. Wilson 25
Cenozoic History of the Transantarctic Mountains
I. Landscape Evolution
Compiled by: G. Denton 34
II. Cenozoic of the Transantarctic Mountains
Compiled by: A. Ashworth 36
Appendix B- Abstracts 42
A Complete Weevil Head (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) From the Meyer Desert
Meyer Desert Formation, Transantarctic Mountains
By: A. Ashworth 42
Palynology of the Transantarctic Mountains Gondwana Succession
By: R.A. Askin 43
Palynology of Neogene Sediments in the Transantarctic Mountains
By: R.A. Askin 43
Using Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans in the Central Transantarctic Mountains
to Constrain Late Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic Paleoclimate and Interpret the
Early Development of Freshwater Ecosystems
By: L.E. Babcock, M.F. Miller, J.L. Isbell and and J.W. Collinson 44
Studying Transantarctic Mountain Structures With Aerogeophysics From Outcrop
to Lithospheric Scales
By: R. Bell 44
A Focus on Late Paleozoic to Mesozoic Paleoclimate Interpretation
By: J.W. Collinson 45
Landscape Analysis and Glacial History of the Transantarctic Mountains
By: G.H. Denton 45
Chronology and Character of the Late Precambrian Tectonic and Thermal
Evolution of the Transantarctic
By: D.J. DePaolo 46
Petrological Problems in Antarctic Gondwana Geology
By: D.H. Elliot 47
Testing the SWEAT Model and Understanding the Ross Orogeny in the Central
Transantarctic Mountains
By: J. EncarnaciÊ n 48
Studies of the Ferrar Magmatic Province in the Central Transantarctic Mountains
By: T.H. Fleming 48
Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic Tectonics in the Beardmore Glacier Area of
the Ross Orogen
By: J.W. Goodge 49
The Neoproterozoic Legacy: The Influence of Precambrian Crustal Structure on Tectonic
Events in the Central Transantarctic Mountains
By: J.W. Goodge and C.A. Finn 50
Vertebrate Paleontology of the Jurassic and Triassic Sediments of the Central
Transantarctic Mountains: Future Field Work
By: W.R. Hammer 51
Reconnaissance for Meteorite Collection Sites Along the Central-Southern
Transantarctic Mountains
By: R.P. Harvey 53
The Late Neogene Glacio-Climatic and Tectonic History of the Reedy
Glacier Area, Antarctica
By: D.M. Harwood and G.S. Wilson 54
Earliest-Known Freshwater Decapods From Gondwana: Permian-Triassic,
Central Transantarctic Mountains
By: J.L. Isbell, M.F. Miller, L.E. Babcock,
J.W. Collinson and S.T. Hasiotis 55
Sedimentary Studies of the Sirius Group in the Transantarctic Mountains: Interpreting
Local vs. Long-Distance Provenance and Depositional Environments
By: L.A. Krissek 56
Quaternary to Miocene Glacial Deposits in the Transantarctic Mountains:
New Constraints From Cosmogenic Nuclides
By: M.D. Kurz and R.P. Ackert 56
A Plume Origin for the Ferrar Large Igneous Province (FLIP)
By: P.R. Kyle 57
Regional Continuity and Magmatic Structure of the Ferrar Dolerites
By: B. Marsh 59
Gondwana Sequence Records Evolution of Freshwater Fauna and High
Latitude Fluvial and Lacustrine Ecosystems
By: M.F. Miller 59
Can Study of Wind-Blown Gravels in the Transantarctic Mountains Yield Information Applicable to the Interpretation of Surficial Deposits of Other Planets?
By: M.F. Miller 60
Structural Kinematic Studies of the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica
By: T. Paulsen and T.J. Wilson 61
Search for Impact Beds at the Permian-Triassic Boundary in Antarctic
By: G. Retallack 61
Using Paleosols to Reassess Neogene Paleoclimates of the Sirius Group
By: G. Retallack 62
Paleosols as Guides to Permian and Triassic Paleoclimates of Antarctica
By: G. Retallack 62
Late Neoproterozoic and Cambrian History
By: A.J. Rowell 63
Potential Field Problems, Central Transantarctic Mountains
By: E. Stump 64
Central and Southern Transantarctic Mountains: Fossil Floras and Paleoclimate
By: E.L. Taylor and T.N. Taylor 65
Crustal Structure of the Central and Southern Transantarctic Mountains
By: R.R. von Frese 67
Structure and Thermal State of the Antarctic Crust from Deep Resistivity
(Magnetotelluric) Surveying
By: P.E. Wannamaker and J.A. Stodt 68
The Late Phanerozoic Terrestrial Realm
By: P.-N. Webb 69
Late Neogene Sirius Group Strata in Reedy Valley: A Multiple Resolution
Record of Climate, Ice Sheet and Sea Level Events
By: G.S. Wilson, D.M. Harwood, R.H. Levy and R.A. Askin 72
Appendix C - Participant List 74