Santonian dinocyst assemblages of the Santa Marta Formation, Antarctic Peninsula: Inferences for paleoenvironments and paleoecology

• Main Authors: CASTRO,SUSAN P., CARVALHO,MARCELO A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2015
• Subjects: Santonian dinocysts; Antarctica; Cretaceous; Santa Marta Formation; dinocyst blooms; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Lachman; Lachman Crags; Larsen Basin; Ross Island; Antarc*; James Ross Island
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652015000401583

To better understand the paleoenvironments of the lower-middle Santonian, dinocyst data were obtained from the Santa Marta Formation, Larsen Basin, James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula. This study provides the first available quantitative dinocyst data for the Santa Marta Formation, which should m...