Mid Cretaceous fossil forests of Alexander Island, Antarctica

• Main Author: Howe, Jodie
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Leeds 2003
• Subjects: Alexander Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Fossil Bluff; Triton; Triton Point; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/295/; https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/295/1/uk_bl_ethos_396745.pdf

Spectacular fossil trees and shrubs are preserved within fossil soils in their original growth positions in mid Cretaceous rocks on Alexander Island, Antarctic Peninsula. These fossils indicate that diverse forest communities grew upon the floodplain areas of Alexander Island during the Albian at a...