A fossil wood flora from King George Island: ecological implications for an Antarctic eocene vegetation

• Main Authors: Poole, I.J., Hunt, Richard J., Cantrill, David J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Aardwetenschappen; Fossil wood; Antarctica; Myrtaceae; Eucryphia; Nothofagaceae; Eocene; Valdivia; Tertiary; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Collins Glacier; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; King George Island; New Zealand; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/31604

Early Tertiary sediments of the Antarctic Peninsula region continue to yield a rich assemblage of well-preserved fossil dicotyledonous angiosperm wood. The wood flora under consideration is from the Collins Glacier region on Fildes Peninsula, King George Island and is derived from tuffaceous sedimen...