Geology of the Cerro Negro Formation (Cretaceous) in Livingston Island: Contributions to its geochronology and paleontological content

• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Antarctica; Byers Peninsula; Cerro Negro Formation; Geochronology; Geology; Paleontology; Cretaceous; igneous intrusion; pyroclastic deposit; radiometric method; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands; Cladophlebis; Elatocladus; Lueheia; Phyllopteroides; Pseudoctenis; Sphenopteris; Taeniopteris; Usnea; Byers; Byers peninsula; Cerro Negro; Chester Cone; Negro Hill; Rotch; Rotch Dome; Sealer Hill; Usnea Plug; Antarc*
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Byers Peninsula is located on the westernmost part of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Geologically this peninsula is recognized by the marine and non-marine sedimentary sequences and the Cretaceous-Tertiary volcanism, belonging to the uppermost levels of the Byers Group, named Cerro...