Antarctic palynology and palaeoclimate - a review

• Main Author: Bowman, Vanessa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Beardmore; Beardmore Glacier; Glossopteris; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513255/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513255/1/Bowman%202015.pdf

The first exciting clues that Antarctica had not always been ice-covered were the leaf fossils of Glossopteris plants that Scott’s party brought back from the Beardmore Glacier region in 1912. Since dated at ~ 250 million years old, it has become evident that Antarctica has been vegetated longer tha...