Geological examination, stratigraphic sections, mapping and sample collection of Beacon and Ferrar rocks and fossils in the area between the Skelton Neve and the Mackay Glacier

Detailed stratigraphic sections were measured with staff and level at Mistake Peak, Shapeless Mountain, Skew Peak, Mount Bastion, Robison Peak, Mount Fleming, Mount Feather, Mount Warren, Escalade Peak, Swartz Nunatak, Mount Kempe and Rotunda. Collections of rock samples were taken for petrographic description and analysis from all sections measured.

Fossils of leaves and stems from the Permian and Triassic coal measures were collected. Glossopteris leaves up to 40cm long with veins clearly preserved were found at Mt Fleming and a varied collection of well preserved calamitid stems, ginkow and fern like fronds up to 50cm across were recovered from a locality at Shapeless Mountain. In addition, Glossopteris and Gangamopteris leaves were found in shale that graded down into the uppermost glacial beds 30cm below.