Latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous age for a fossil flora from the Latady Basin, Antarctic Peninsula
Dating Jurassic terrestrial floras in the Antarctic Peninsula has proved problematic and controversial. Here U–Pb series dating on detrital zircons from a conglomerate interbedded with fossil plant material provide a maximal depositional age of 144 ± 3 Ma for a presumed Jurassic flora. This is the f...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:67 2024-06-09T07:40:41+00:00 Latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous age for a fossil flora from the Latady Basin, Antarctic Peninsula Hunter, Morag A. Cantrill, David J. Flowerdew, Michael J. 2006 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/67/ https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102006000290 unknown Cambridge University Press Hunter, Morag A.; Cantrill, David J.; Flowerdew, Michael J. 2006 Latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous age for a fossil flora from the Latady Basin, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science, 18 (2). 261-264. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102006000290 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102006000290> Earth Sciences Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2006 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102006000290 2024-05-15T08:39:04Z Dating Jurassic terrestrial floras in the Antarctic Peninsula has proved problematic and controversial. Here U–Pb series dating on detrital zircons from a conglomerate interbedded with fossil plant material provide a maximal depositional age of 144 ± 3 Ma for a presumed Jurassic flora. This is the first confirmed latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous flora from the Latady Basin, and represents some of the youngest sedimentation in this basin. The presence of terrestrial sedimentation at Cantrill Nunataks suggests emergence of the arc closer to the Latady Basin margin in the south compared to Larsen Basin in the north, probably as a result of the failure of the southern Weddell Sea to undergo rifting. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctic Science Weddell Sea Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Weddell Sea Weddell Latady ENVELOPE(-65.833,-65.833,-75.500,-75.500) Larsen Basin ENVELOPE(-60.000,-60.000,-68.000,-68.000) Cantrill Nunataks ENVELOPE(-69.331,-69.331,-75.058,-75.058) Antarctic Science 18 2 261 264 |
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Dating Jurassic terrestrial floras in the Antarctic Peninsula has proved problematic and controversial. Here U–Pb series dating on detrital zircons from a conglomerate interbedded with fossil plant material provide a maximal depositional age of 144 ± 3 Ma for a presumed Jurassic flora. This is the first confirmed latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous flora from the Latady Basin, and represents some of the youngest sedimentation in this basin. The presence of terrestrial sedimentation at Cantrill Nunataks suggests emergence of the arc closer to the Latady Basin margin in the south compared to Larsen Basin in the north, probably as a result of the failure of the southern Weddell Sea to undergo rifting. |
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Latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous age for a fossil flora from the Latady Basin, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous age for a fossil flora from the Latady Basin, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous age for a fossil flora from the Latady Basin, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous age for a fossil flora from the Latady Basin, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous age for a fossil flora from the Latady Basin, Antarctic Peninsula |
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latest jurassic-earliest cretaceous age for a fossil flora from the latady basin, antarctic peninsula |
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Hunter, Morag A.; Cantrill, David J.; Flowerdew, Michael J. 2006 Latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous age for a fossil flora from the Latady Basin, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science, 18 (2). 261-264. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102006000290 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102006000290> |
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