U-Pb Age Constraints on the Jurassic Succession and Paleoflora of Mount Flora, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: International Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Scasso, Roberto Adrian, Ramezani, Jahandar, Escapa, Ignacio Hernán, Elgorriaga, Andrés, Capelli, Ignacio Andrés
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; CALLOVIAN; FLORA; HOPE BAY; JURASSIC; MOUNT FLORA; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; U–PB GEOCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANISM; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Patagonia; Hope Bay; Nordenskjöld; Larsen Basin; Mount Flora; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/175416

The spectacular fossil plant assemblage preserved in the non-marine Mount Flora Formation of the northern Antarctic Peninsula represents the diverse Jurassic flora that once covered the Gondwanan continents at high paleolatitudes. The depositional facies of the formation plays a key role in the tect...