Palynology of the Byers Group (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous) of Livingston and Snow islands, Antarctic Peninsula: its biostratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental significance

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Author: Duane, Ailbhe M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 1996
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Livingston Island; Byers; Byers peninsula; Snow Island; President Head; Chester Cone; President Beaches; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515026/; https://doi.org/10.1016/0034-6667(95)00094-1

The Byers Group, exposed on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island and Snow Island, Antarctica, is a mudstone-dominated sequence deposited in a fore-arc setting. Palynological studies on parts of the Byers Group have provided new data on Early Cretaceous biostratigraphy, palaeoenvironments and palaeocli...