Stratigraphy of Antarctic late Cenozoic pectinid-bearing deposits

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Jonkers, H.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 1998
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctica; McMurdo Sound; Marine Plain; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504115/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102098000212

Antarctic late Cenozoic pectinid-bearing sedimentary strata are chiefly confined to localities in the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula, in the McMurdo Sound area, and Marine Plain, East Antarctica. Ages of these deposits range from Oligocene to Holocene. Chlamys-like scallops, which are abse...