Preliminary palynological investigation of the Byers Group (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous), Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Author: Duane, Ailbhe M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 1994
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Livingston Island; Byers; Chester Cone; President Beaches; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516025/; https://doi.org/10.1016/0034-6667(94)90045-0

Dinoflagellate cyst assemblages of the Byers Group have been correlated with palynostratigraphical zones established for the Mesozoic of Australia. The President Beaches Formation is believed to be latest Early Berriasian-Berriasian in age, based on its similarity to the Kalyptea wisemaniae and Cass...