A Palynological Analysis of Seymour Island and King George Island off the Antarctic Peninsula: A Dating and Climatic Reconstruction

• Main Author: Kymes, Caven Madison
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 2015
• Subjects: Antarctica; paleoenvironment; Eocene; Oligocene; Miocene; palynology; Earth Sciences; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Cape Melville; King George Island; Polonez Cove; Seymour; Seymour Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/392; https://doi.org/10.31390/gradschool_theses.392; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/context/gradschool_theses/article/1391/viewcontent/uc.pdf

During the Cretaceous and early Paleocene, Antarctica was covered by lush vegetation. However, Antarctica today is covered with ice and snow leaving less than 1% of the continent inhabited by vegetation. By studying this decline in vegetation and reconstructing past environments, we can gain a bette...