Shell beds from the Low Head Member (Polonez Cove Formation, early Oligocene) at King George Island, west Antarctica: new insights on facies analysis, taphonomy and environmental significance

Shell bed levels in the Low Head Member of the early Oligocene Polonez Cove Formation at King George Island, West Antarctica, are re-interpreted based on sedimentological and taphonomic data. The highly fossiliferous Polonez Cove Formation is characterized by basal coastal marine sandstones, overlai...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Quaglio, Fernanda, Warren, Lucas Verissimo, Anelli, Luiz Eduardo, Dos Santos, Paulo Roberto, Rocha-Campos, Antonio Carlos, Gazdzicki, Andrzej, Strikis, Pedro Carlos, Ghilardi, Renato Pirani, Tiossi, Andressa Barraviera, Simoes, Marcello Guimaraes
Other Authors: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Univ Press 2015
Subjects:
Antarctic coquina
Leoclunipecten
pecten conglomerate
pectinids
sedimentology
shell-bed genesis
Antarctic
King George Island
Low Head
Polonez Cove
West Antarctica
Antarc*
Antarctic Science
Antarctica
Online Access:http://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/116822
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/116822
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102013000783

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