The geology of the Nimrod Glacier - Beaumont Bay area

Three types of sedimentary rock types were present in the area; Wilson Greywackes (term used in loose sense to include the true greywackes of the coastal range and the indurate shallow water sandstones, conglomerates and thin shale bonds found further inland), Cambrian Bluff Limestones (fossiliferous limestones typically exposed along the extent of the inland range) and Beacon Sandstones (no outcrops visited).

The lithology and stratigraphy was investigated and described. Three types of igneous rocks were also investigated and described including May Granites, Granite Harbour Intrusives and Ferrar Dolerites. The areas visited include the coastal range from Cape Wilson in the south to Beaumont Bay in the north with both the inland and ice shelf sides of the range investigated.