The facies and biota of the oldest exposed strata of the Eocene La Meseta Formation (Seymour Island, Antarctica)

Geological Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-360

  Tatur, Andrzej ^a   Krajewski, Krzysztof P ^b   del Valle, Rodolfo A ^c  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Eocene; Goethite; Sediments; Seymour; Thanatocoenosis

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOTA; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DEGLACIATION; EOCENE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIATION; GLACIOISOSTASY; GOETHITE; LUTETIAN; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; REGRESSION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHALLOW WATER; THANATOCENOSIS; YPRESIAN;

ANTARCTICA; SEYMOUR ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ANTHOZOA; BRACHIOPODA; BRYOZOA; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 84855482710     PISSN: 16417291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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