Mesozoic radiolarian faunas from the Antarctic Peninsula: age, tectonic and palaeoceanographic significance

• Published in: Journal of the Geological Society
• Main Authors: Holdsworth, B.K., Nell, P.A.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 1992
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Alexander Island; Nordenskjöld; Fossil Bluff; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518475/; https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.149.6.1003

New assemblages of Radiolaria, including some of the few occurrences of high southern latitude Jurassic and Cretaceous radiolarian faunas, show that several localities in the LeMay Group of Alexander Island range in age from latest Jurassic–earliest Cretaceous to at least Albian. By demonstrating th...