Fossil Methane Seep Deposits and Communities from the Mesozoic of Antarctica

• Main Authors: Witts, James D, Little, Crispin T. S
• Other Authors: Kaim, Andrzej, Cochran, J. Kirk, Landman, Neil H.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Springer, Cham 2022
• Subjects: Alexander Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Fossil Bluff; Seymour; Snow Hill; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1983/3aea39fc-d676-491b-80e1-615c661dcb25; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/3aea39fc-d676-491b-80e1-615c661dcb25; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05623-9_19

The Antarctic Peninsula region is host to two areas where Mesozoic hydrocarbon seep deposits are found. The oldest is dated to the latest Jurassic (Tithonian) and is found within the Atoll Nunatacks Formation of the Fossil Bluff Group which crops out on eastern Alexander Island. It represents a meth...