The Mendel Formation: Evidence for Late Miocene climatic cyclicity at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Nývlt, D., Košler, J., Mlčoch, B., Mixa, P., Lisá, L. (Lenka), Bubík, M., Hendriks, B. W. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Mendel Formation; Late Miocene; chmate; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctic; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*; James Ross Island; Ross Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.11.017; http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0208324

A detailed description of the newly defined Mendel Formation is presented. This Late Miocene (5.9–5.4 Ma) sedimentary sequence with an overall thickness of more than 80 m comprises cyclic deposition in terrestrial glacigenic, glaciomarine and marine environments. Subglacial till was deposited by a t...