Stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology of Upper Cretaceous deposits of Day Nunatak, Snow Hill Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Cretaceous Research
• Main Authors: Tobin, Thomas, Flannery, David, Sousa, Francis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Academic Press 2018
• Subjects: Ammonite; Antarctica; Cretaceous; Fossil; James Ross Island; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Island; Seymour; Seymour Island; Vega Island; Hill Island; Snow Hill Island; Karlsen; Day Nunatak; Karlsen Cliffs; Snow Hill; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/123768/

Day Nunatak exposes an actively emergent stratigraphic section located on Snow Hill Island to the east of the Antarctic Peninsula. Strata exposed on Snow Hill Island were deposited in the James Ross Basin, which includes marine units of Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) age. Here we provide the first repo...