Examination of the Buckeye Tillite formation, the trace fossils within the Devonian Horlick formation and the Permian Coal Measure in the Ohio Range of the Horlick Mountains

This included an analysis of the abundant trace fossils of the Devonian Horlick Formation, a detailed assessment of the glacial Buckeye Formation and post-glacial Discovery Ridge Formation, and a study of the very thick overlying Permian Coal Measures. The Mount Glossopteris coal measures were studied on Mercer and Terrace Ridges of Mount Schopf and the Canyon Peak area from a camp on Terrace Ridge.

Coal measures were also studied on Mount Glossopteris and Quartz Pebble Hill from the upper Discovery Ridge camp, as well as the Discovery Ridge Formation lower in these sequences. The party worked along the whole of the escarpment using other camps, and by sledging round the western end of the range, the group got easier access to the Horlick Formation on Discovery Ridge and a spur further east. Recollection of lithofacies in the Horlick Formation was carried out for thin section analysis to test certain deductions from previous sampling.