Late Miocene vegetation and palaeoenvironments of the Drygalski Formation, Heard Island, Indian Ocean: evidence from palynology

• Main Authors: Truswell, Elizabeth, Quilty, Patrick G, McMinn, A, Macphail, Michael, Wheller, G E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: British Antarctic Survey 2015
• Subjects: Keywords: Miocene; paleoenvironment; palynology; vegetation; Heard Island; Heard Island and McDonald Islands; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean islands; oceanic regions; World; Asteraceae; Bacillariophyta; Filicophyta; Foraminifera; Gunnera; Lycopodium; Magnoliophyta; Nit Cape Lockyer; Kerguelen Plateau; Microfossils; Miocene diatoms; Southern Ocean; Sub-Antarctic; Vegetation history; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Kerguelen; Indian; Heard; McDonald Islands; Drygalski; Lockyer; Cape Lockyer; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/79757

Well sorted, fine lithic sandstone within the Drygalski Formation at Cape Lockyer on the southern tip of Heard Island, preserves a diverse terrestrial palynoflora as well as marine diatoms and a few foraminifera. A combination of these elements suggests a Late Miocene age (10-5 Ma). The palaeovegeta...