The Polonez Cove Formation of King George Island, Antarctica: stratigraphy, facies and implications for mid-Cenozoic cryosphere development

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Authors: Troedson, Alexa L., Smellie, J.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; Weddell; Ellsworth Mountains; Polonez Cove; Krakowiak Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17461/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00441.x/abstract

The middle to late Oligocene Polonez Cove Formation, exposed on south-eastern King George Island, South Shetland Islands, provides rare evidence of mid-Cenozoic West Antarctic cryosphere evolution. A revised lithostratigraphy and facies analysis and a review of the palaeoenvironmental significance o...