Late Permian forests of the Buckley Formation, Beardmore Glacier area, Antarctica

• Main Author: Knepprath, Nichole Elizabeth
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: permineralization; Plantae; Gymnospermae; Glossopteridales; biostratigraphy; paleoclimatology; paleoenvironment; Gondwana; Paleozoic; silica; magnetite; laumontite; Beardmore; Beardmore Glacier; Buckley; Glossopteris; Lamping Peak; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1803/12367; https://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/etd-05232006-135024

In situ fossil stumps of Glossopteris are preserved in their original growth position in fluvial deposits of the Upper Buckley Formation (Upper Permian) in the Beardmore Glacier, central Transanctarctic Mountains. Roots radiate shallowly from the stumps into immature paleosols that retain their lami...