Ross Sea Region in the Middle Miocene: A Glimpse into the Past

Fossil diatoms and pollen from sea-floor sediments beneath the Ross Ice Shelf indicate that a permanent ice cover was not present in the Ross Sea and that vegetation including angiosperms, gymnosperms, and ferns existed on at least some parts of the largely glaciated Antarctic mainland in the late m...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Brady, Howard, Martin, Helene
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1979
Subjects:
Antarctic
Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Sea
Antarc*
Ice Shelf
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.203.4379.437
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.203.4379.437
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Summary:Fossil diatoms and pollen from sea-floor sediments beneath the Ross Ice Shelf indicate that a permanent ice cover was not present in the Ross Sea and that vegetation including angiosperms, gymnosperms, and ferns existed on at least some parts of the largely glaciated Antarctic mainland in the late middle Miocene.

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