How likely was a green Antarctic Peninsula during warm Pliocene interglacials? A critical reassessment based on new palynofloras from James Ross Island

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 309, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 73-82

  Salzmann, Ulrich ^a   Riding, James B ^b   Nelson, Anna E ^c   Smellie, John L ^d  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Dinoflagellate; Neogene; Pliocene; Pollen; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; BIVALVE; BRYOZOAN; CRETACEOUS; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DIAMICTITE; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; GREENHOUSE GAS; ICE SHEET; INTERGLACIAL; LAVA; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PLIOCENE; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; SPORE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; VEGETATION COVER;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ACRITARCHA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BITECTATODINIUM TEPIKIENSE; BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; LEIOSPHAERIDIA; PECTINIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 79960647294     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.01.028     Document Type: Article

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