Quantitative Analysis of the Calcareous Nannofossil Assemblages from CIROS-1, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica

• Main Author: Watkins, David K.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2007
• Subjects: Antarctica; calcareous nannofossils; CIROS-1; Oligocene; Earth Sciences; Antarctic; Victoria Land; McMurdo Sound; Cape Robert; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/geosciencefacpub/234; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/geosciencefacpub/article/1235/viewcontent/Watkins_2007_JNR_Quantitative_Analysis_of_the_Calcareous_Nannofossil_Assemblages_from_CIROS_1_Victoria_Land_Basin_Antarctica.pdf

The lower portion of the CIROS-1 core (McMurdo Sound, Antarctica) has been cited as evidence for Late Eocene continental glaciation on Antarctica. A reassessment of this age determination is warranted in the face of mounting evidence from multiple proxies that continental glaciation was initiated by...