“Antarctic on fire”: Paleo-wildfire events associated with volcanic deposits in the Antarctic Peninsula during the Late Cretaceous

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Joseline Manfroi, Cristine Trevisan, Tânia Lindner Dutra, André Jasper, Marcelo De Araujo Carvalho, Francisco Eliseu Aquino, Marcelo Leppe
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
• Subjects: Campanian; coniferous wood; King George Island; macroscopic charcoal; pyroclastic flows; Science; Q; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Price Point; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Brazilian Antarctic Program
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1048754; https://doaj.org/article/32d7063c368e4993aedff6393f96c8b2

The occurrence of paleo-wildfire events during the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous is demonstrated in this study for the first time with deposits from the King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula. With the aim of providing information that fills important paleoenvironment...