Palynology of the NBP03–01A transect in the Northern Basin, Western Ross Sea, Antarctica: A late Pliocene record

Palynology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 151-182

  Warny, Sophie ^a   Wrenn, John H ^a   Bart, Philip J ^a   Askin, Rosemary ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biostratigraphy; Neogene; Northern basin; Paleoecology; Ross sea

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FLORISTICS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; NEOGENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PLIOCENE; TRANSECT;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ACRITARCHA; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; LEJEUNECYSTA; NOTHOFAGIDITES; PODOCARPACEAE; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 33846861127     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2006.9989624     Document Type: Article

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