The Occurrence of Glossopteris in the Beacon Sandstone of Ferrar Glacier, South Victoria Land

The presence of members of the Glossopteris flora in Antarctica was first attested by the material collected from Mount Buckley by Dr. Wilson and Lieut. Bowers on Capt. Scott's last expedition to the South Pole. and the now famous specimens were described by Professor A. C. Seward (1914). Trace...

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Published in:Geological Magazine
Main Author: Edwards, W. N.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1928
Subjects:
Geology
Antarctic
Victoria Land
South Pole
Bowers
Buckley
Glossopteris
Ferrar Glacier
Mount Buckley
Antarc*
Antarctica
South pole
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800107848
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756800107848
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Summary:The presence of members of the Glossopteris flora in Antarctica was first attested by the material collected from Mount Buckley by Dr. Wilson and Lieut. Bowers on Capt. Scott's last expedition to the South Pole. and the now famous specimens were described by Professor A. C. Seward (1914). Traces of fossil plants in Antarctica, were, however, first discovered by Mr. H. T. Ferrar, a member of the National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–1904, and were briefly described by Arber (1907), who reported, on some specimens from the Ferrar Glacier, that “several of these show fair-sized carbonaceous impressions or markings, which in all probability are of vegetable origin”. The evidence presented by this unpromising material did not “permit of any opinion as to the botanical nature or affinities of the fossils themselves, nor of the geological age of the beds in which they occur” (Arber, 1907, p. 48). Professor Seward examined the specimens and agreed with this conclusion (1914, p. 2).

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