Ellsworth Land Volcanic Group

The Ellsworth Land Volcanic Group is a geological formation in the Latady Basin, Ellsworth Land, Antarctic Peninsula, with a calculated maximum depositional age of 183.4 ± 1.4 Ma, and a younger age around 177.5 ± 2.2 Ma, covering the Toarcian stage of the Jurassic Period in the Mesozoic Era. This group is made up of volcanoclastic material, with the Mount Poster Formation, composed of silicic ignimbrites, and the Sweeney Formation, consisting of a mix of basaltic and sedimentary facies.

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Ellsworth Land Volcanic Group

The Ellsworth Land Volcanic Group is a geological formation in the Latady Basin, Ellsworth Land, Antarctic Peninsula, with a calculated maximum depositional age of 183.4 ± 1.4 Ma, and a younger age around 177.5 ± 2.2 Ma, covering the Toarcian stage of the Jurassic Period in the Mesozoic Era. This group is made up of volcanoclastic material, with the Mount Poster Formation, composed of silicic ignimbrites, and the Sweeney Formation, consisting of a mix of basaltic and sedimentary facies.

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