Shell beds from the Low Head Member (Polonez Cove Formation, early Oligocene) at King George Island, west Antarctica: new insights on facies analysis, taphonomy and environmental significance

Abstract Shell bed levels in the Low Head Member of the early Oligocene Polonez Cove Formation at King George Island, West Antarctica, are re-interpreted based on sedimentological and taphonomic data. The highly fossiliferous Polonez Cove Formation is characterized by basal coastal marine sandstones...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Quaglio, Fernanda, Warren, Lucas Veríssimo, Anelli, Luiz Eduardo, Dos Santos, Paulo Roberto, Rocha-Campos, Antonio Carlos, Gaździcki, Andrzej, Strikis, Pedro Carlos, Ghilardi, Renato Pirani, Tiossi, Andressa Barraviera, Simões, Marcello Guimarães
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2014
Subjects:
Geology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
King George Island
West Antarctica
Low Head
Polonez Cove
Antarc*
Antarctic Science
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102013000783
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102013000783

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