New fossil woods from lower Cenozoic volcano-sedimentary rocks of the Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, and the implications for the trans-Antarctic Peninsula Eocene climatic gradient

• Published in: Papers in Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Oh, Changhwan, Philippe, Marc, McLoughlin, Stephen, Woo, Jusun, Leppe, Marcelo, Torres, Teresa, Park, Tae Yoon S., Choi, Han Gu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2020
• Subjects: Antarctica; Eocene; fossil woods; growth-ring analysis; palaeoclimate; rainfall gradient; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; King George Island; Seymour; Seymour Island; Suffield; Suffield Point; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1256; https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/171826

Ten embedded fossil logs sampled in situ from the middle Eocene volcano-sedimentary rocks close to Suffield Point in the Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica, are assigned to Protopodocarpoxylon araucarioides Schultze-Motel ex Vogellehner, Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum Gothan, Agathoxylon...