Eocene sedimentary facies in volcanogenic succession on King George Island, South Shetland Islands: a record of pre-ice sheet terrestrial environments in West Antarctica

• Main Author: Mozer, Anna Aleksandra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute 2013
• Subjects: Antarctica; King George Island; Eocene; preglacial environments; plant fossils; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ice Sheet; South Shetland Islands; West Antarctica
• Online Access: https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/article/view/7893; https://doi.org/10.7306/gq.1100

About 34 Ma ago there was a radical change of climate that led to the formation of Antarctic ice sheet. King George Island, located in the South Shetland Islands volcanic arc (northern Antarctic Peninsula region), is one of a few places in West Antarctica which shows a geological record of sedimenta...