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Age/provenance determination of drift pumice - South Africa
From: "Sue Illgner" <sue-illgner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Dear All,
I have access to samples of drift pumice from a locality in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. I will be returning to this site shortly in an attempt to obtain more data on their distribution and to try and locate more samples. Similarly, I will be following up on a report of another locality this weekend. What I would like to do is link up with colleagues who have experience determining the potential age/provenance of drift pumice. I am aware of a paper published by Frick & Kent (1984) in the Transcations of the Geological Society of South Africa (87, 19-33), but do not know of a more recent publication. As South Africa has no actice volcanoes the drift pumice is something of a curiosity. If anyone out there has experience with drift pumice studies and/or is keen to be involved at trying to identify the origin of the pumice please get in touch with me.
Thanks everyone!
Kind Regards
Pete
Dr PM Illgner
PO Box 40151
Walmer 6065
PORT ELIZABETH
South Africa
Tel: +27 41 3601192
Cell: +27 83 2964256
email: pete-illgner@xxxxxxxxxxxx
skype: pete-illgner
I have access to samples of drift pumice from a locality in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. I will be returning to this site shortly in an attempt to obtain more data on their distribution and to try and locate more samples. Similarly, I will be following up on a report of another locality this weekend. What I would like to do is link up with colleagues who have experience determining the potential age/provenance of drift pumice. I am aware of a paper published by Frick & Kent (1984) in the Transcations of the Geological Society of South Africa (87, 19-33), but do not know of a more recent publication. As South Africa has no actice volcanoes the drift pumice is something of a curiosity. If anyone out there has experience with drift pumice studies and/or is keen to be involved at trying to identify the origin of the pumice please get in touch with me.
Thanks everyone!
Kind Regards
Pete
Dr PM Illgner
PO Box 40151
Walmer 6065
PORT ELIZABETH
South Africa
Tel: +27 41 3601192
Cell: +27 83 2964256
email: pete-illgner@xxxxxxxxxxxx
skype: pete-illgner
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