Geological investigations, triangulation surveys and glaciology investigations of the Upper Tucker Glacier area, North Victoria Land, and around Scott Base

The work area overlapped the Geological Survey of the 1957-58 Expedition and this was helpful to correlate rock types, standardisation of nomenclature, etc. Every opportunity was taken to observe the more distant rocks from high peaks and on air flights.

Three major rock types were found to occur in this region and extensive collections were made from the following: i) 49 specimens of Robertson Bay type greywackes, slates, red argillites, grits, etc including a number of orientated samples, ii) 15 specimens from the Tucker Granodiorite, iii) 26 Xenoliths from the Tucker Granodiorite, iv) 69 specimens from the contact zone of the Tucker Granodiorite with the Robertson Bay Group, v) 32 specimens of various hyperbyssal rocks from occurrences in granodiorite, greywacke and quartzite and vi) 45 specimens from a new formation of quartzites discovered.