Geological mapping and examination of the Beacon SuperGroup in Victoria Land: Beacon Heights, Skelton Neve, Portal Mountain and Horseshoe Mountains, Allan Hills, Darwin Mountains and Victoria Valley area

A 1,000ft section was measured near the Deception Glacier north of Mt Wise. 3) Portal Mountain and Horseshoe Mountains: Stratigraphic sections were measured, the areas were mapped and further collections of fossilized fish and plants were collected. 4) Allan Hills: Geological mapping and sampling was conducted in the northwest arm of Allan Hills, Battlement Nunatak and Coombs Hills. 5) Darwin Mountains: Geological mapping and sampling was conducted around Island Arena and the north east side of the Hatherton Glacier. 6) Victoria Valley area: The Beacon basement contacts were studied at Mt Suess, Sperm Bluff, outcrops south of Pegtop Mountain in the Clare Range, Wheeler Valley, Vashka Crag and the Olympus range between Mt Aeolus and Boreas.

In summary detailed geological sections were measured with jacob staff and abney levels at most sites, detailed collections of rock samples were taken from all measured sections for petrographic and chemical analysis, rich deposits of fish fossils, plant material and Permian glacial striations were discovered, samples from the rhythmic banded Mt Warren dolerite sill were collected and examined and over 8,000 square miles of geological data was collected for use in map compilation at a scale of 1:250,000.

Mapping started by earlier VUWAE expedition was extended, new data was added and a better understanding of the paleogeography of these areas was found.