Lowey-1 Coats Land (IMAGE)

Geological Society of America

Lowey-1 Coats Land

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The Franklin Mountains in West Texas were once part of Coats Land in Antarctica, according to Staci Loewy, a geochemist at California State University, Bakersfield, et al. This photo shows Coats Land with its only rock outcrops, Littlewood (L) and Bertrab (B) nunataks.

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Ian Dalziel

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