Structure, Biomass, and Productivity of a Late Paleocene Arctic Forest

• Published in: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
• Main Authors: Christopher J. Williams, Ben A. LePage, Arthur H. Johnson, David R. Vann
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2009
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Ellesmere Island; Iceberg Bay; Nunavut; Stump; The Stump; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1635/053.158.0106

Abundant fossil plant remains are preserved in the high-latitude late Paleocene Iceberg Bay Formation on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Intact leaf litter lenses and permineralized, in situ logs and stumps offer for the first time an opportunity to determine the structure, biomass, and productiv...