Nothofagus trees stranded on the Antarctic Peninsula

ABSTRACT The occurrence of two basal sections of southern beech trees ( Nothofagus sp.) embedded in raised cobble beaches and exposed by receding icefields at widely separated locations on islands off the western coast of the Antarctic Peninsula is reported. These are the most southerly records of n...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Smith, R.I. Lewis
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2012
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
The Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Antarc*
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247411000726
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247411000726
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Summary:ABSTRACT The occurrence of two basal sections of southern beech trees ( Nothofagus sp.) embedded in raised cobble beaches and exposed by receding icefields at widely separated locations on islands off the western coast of the Antarctic Peninsula is reported. These are the most southerly records of naturally occurring driftwood. Both are of Fuegian or southern Patagonian origin but whether they arrived at their destinations directly from the north or by circumnavigating the Southern Ocean eastwards is uncertain. While their stranding probably occurred several centuries ago this can only be speculated.

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