The Polonez Cove Formation of King George Island, Antarctica: stratigraphy, facies and implications for mid‐Cenozoic cryosphere development

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Authors: Troedson, Alexa L., Smellie, John L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ellsworth Mountains; King George Island; Krakowiak Glacier; Polonez Cove; South Shetland Islands; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00441.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-3091.2002.00441.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00441.x

The middle to late Oligocene Polonez Cove Formation, exposed on south‐eastern King George Island, South Shetland Islands, provides rare evidence of mid‐Cenozoic West Antarctic cryosphere evolution. A revised lithostratigraphy and facies analysis and a review of the palaeoenvironmental significance o...