Calcareous nannofossils from the Upper Cretaceous of northern James Ross Island, Antarctica: a pilot study

• Main Authors: Švábenická, Lilian, Vodrážka, Radek, Nývlt, Daniel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute 2012
• Subjects: Antarctica; James Ross Island; Upper Cretaceous; calcareous nannofossils; biostratigraphy; Lachman; Lachman Crags; Ross Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; James Ross Island
• Online Access: https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/article/view/7847; https://doi.org/10.7306/gq.v56i4.7847

The Czech scientific expedition to northern James Ross Island, Antarctica has tested the use of calcareous nannofossils as a possible tool for stratigraphic correlation of Cretaceous and Neogene strata. Only a few samples with poor nannofossil content gave useful information for biostratigraphy. The...