Petrified Peat from a Permian Coal Bed in Antarctica

Petrified plant remains that composed a Permian peat deposit occur at a coal horizon in a local area of Mount Augusta near the Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica. This discovery is the first in the entire Gondwana area that yields plant materials as exquisitely preserved as the materials of the well-kn...

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Published in:Science
Main Author: Schopf, J. M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1970
Subjects:
Multidisciplinary
Augusta
Beardmore
Beardmore Glacier
Mount Augusta
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.169.3942.274
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.169.3942.274
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Summary:Petrified plant remains that composed a Permian peat deposit occur at a coal horizon in a local area of Mount Augusta near the Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica. This discovery is the first in the entire Gondwana area that yields plant materials as exquisitely preserved as the materials of the well-known coal-ball localities of the Northern Hemisphere. A sampling of anatomical details is illustrated.

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