The Paleocene of Antarctica: dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy and implications for the palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana

• Published in: Gondwana Research
• Main Authors: Bowman, V., Ineson, J., Riding, J., Crame, J., Francis, J., Condon, D., Whittle, R., Ferraccioli, F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Sea; Patagonia; Pacific; New Zealand; Weddell; Seymour; Seymour Island; Sobral; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica New Zealand
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/510977/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/510977/1/1-s2.0-S1342937X15002828-main.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X15002828

The Paleocene (66–56 Ma) was a critical time interval for understanding recovery from mass extinction in high palaeolatitudes when global climate was warmer than today. A unique sedimentary succession from Seymour Island (Antarctic Peninsula) provides key reference material from this important phase...