Affiliation:
1. SGB Amravati University, India
2. Ministry of Earth Sciences, India
Abstract
Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica is under investigation for the last four decades by Indian scientists of various disciplines, of which geological studies constitute a significant aspect. The present attempt is a review of sedimentological studies carried out in the area. A few of the current chapter's elements are sediment characteristics, mode, and pattern of sediment deposition, source rock, provenance, paleoclimate, and weathering condition through clay mineral studies, grain surface studies, etc., with specific aspects more data on the number of samples. Simultaneously, the Oasis also offers good scope for various other significant investigations like paleoclimatic reconstruction, source of glacial sediments, silicates weathering, etc. Globally, they are a front-line work area and recommended.
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