Foraminifera from Late Pliocene sediments of Heidemann Valley, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica

• Published in: The Journal of Foraminiferal Research
• Main Author: Quilty, PG
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cushman Foundation Foraminiferal Res 2010
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geology; Palaeontology (incl. Palynology); East Antarctica; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Amery; Wright Valley; Heidemann Valley; Cockburn; Cockburn Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.40.2.193; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/68034

The foraminiferal fauna in Pliocene (3.5-2.6 Ma) sediments excavated in a trench 4 m deep, in Heidemann Valley, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica is examined and described. Sediments accumulated in shallow, fully marine conditions in a glacial valley during the last major glacial event in the Vestfold...