Diatom biostratigraphy and age of the Pliocene Sørsdal Formation, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Harwood, DM, Andrew McMinn, Quilty, PG
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Palaeontology (incl. palynology); No keyword provided; East Antarctica; Marine Plain; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Diatom_biostratigraphy_and_age_of_the_Pliocene_S_rsdal_Formation_Vestfold_Hills_East_Antarctica/22839299

Fossil marine diatom assemblages from the Sørsdal Formation, a deposit of diatomaceous sand from Marine Plain in the Vestfold Hills, provide age and palaeoenvironmental information from a Pliocene coastal setting in East Antarctica. Benthic and meroplanktic diatom taxa suggest deposition in a shall...