Late Palaeogene palynoflora from Point Hennequin of the Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica with reference to its stratigraphical significance

Weiwu, Duan and Liu, Cao (1998) Late Palaeogene palynoflora from Point Hennequin of the Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica with reference to its stratigraphical significance. Advances in Polar Science, 9 (2). pp. 125-132.

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Abstract

The present paper is to discuss the geological age and sedimentary environment based mainly on the characteristics of the palynological assemblage in the intercalated tuffaceous sand-mudstones of the Upper Point Hennequin Group in the Admirelty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica. More than 40 species, mainly the Late Paleogene plant community in Gondwana and belonging to Weddellian biographic Province, were encountered within the volcano-sedimentary rocks of the Upper Point Hennequin Group. The index member is the genus Nothofagidites. The occurrence of N. cf. saraensis and N. cf. flemingii and the absence of Proteacidites spp. indicates that the sporopollen-bearing rocks is of Oligocene age, which were deposited in a limnetic zone near medium-lower mountains environment with warm and humid climate.

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    Keywords: palynoflora, Point Hennequin Group, Palaeogene, Antarctica.
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    Date Deposited: 25 Apr 2023 14:18
    URI: http://library.arcticportal.org/id/eprint/2161

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