Diatom biostratigraphy and age of the Pliocene Sørsdal Formation, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Harwood, David M., McMinn, Andrew, Quilty, Patrick G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2000
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Marine Plain; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102000000535; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102000000535

Fossil marine diatom assemblages from the Sørsdal Formation, a deposit of diatomaceous sand from Marine Plain in the Vestfold Hills, provide age and palaeoenvironmental information from a Pliocene coastal setting in East Antarctica. Benthic and meroplanktic diatom taxa suggest deposition in a shallo...