Colonization, succession, and extinction of marine floras during a glacial cycle: a case study from the Windmill Islands (east Antarctica) using biomarkers

• Published in: Paleoceanography
• Main Authors: Hodgson, Dominic A., McMinn, Andrew, Kirkup, Helen, Cremer, Holger, Gore, Damian, Melles, Martin, Roberts, Donna, Montiel, Pedro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2003
• Subjects: Botany; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Windmill Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17648/; http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2003/2002PA000775.shtml

With the exception of the diatoms, little is known of the extinction, colonization, and succession of marine floras during glacial cycles. Here we study both morphological and biochemical fossils in two sediment cores from the Antarctic to unravel the sequence of events over a single glacial cycle....