Object # PRR-19641: Unconsolidated
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| Primary Field # | B1-118 | ||||||||||||||||
| IGSN # | PRR019641 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kind of Object | Unconsolidated | ||||||||||||||||
| Rock Type | Sedimentary | ||||||||||||||||
| Rock Name | Mud | ||||||||||||||||
| Sample Description | Dark yellow brown silty mud. | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Continent | Antarctica | ||||||||||||||||
| Region | Antarctic Peninsula | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain/Island Name | Seymour Island | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | -64.300, -56.740 (64° 18' S, 56° 44.4' W) | ||||||||||||||||
| Positioning Method | Polar Geospatial Center Viewer and Field Map | ||||||||||||||||
| Era | Cenozoic | ||||||||||||||||
| Period | Paleogene | ||||||||||||||||
| Epoch | Paleocene | ||||||||||||||||
| Stage | Danian | ||||||||||||||||
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| Additional Material | Reference | ||||||||||||||||
| Data Sources | Laboratory Analysis Sheet Publication | ||||||||||||||||
| Field Year Collected | 1984 | ||||||||||||||||
| Collector | Askin, Rosemary A. | ||||||||||||||||
| Donor | Askin, Rosemary A. | ||||||||||||||||
| References | Askin, Rosemary A., 1994, Monosulcate angiosperm pollen from the López de Bertodano formation (upper Campanian-Maastrichtian-Danian) of Seymour island, Antarctica, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Volume 81, Issues 2–4, Pages 151–164. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(94)90105-8 Askin, R.A., 1988, The palynological record across the Cretaceous/Tertiary transition on Seymour Island, Antarctica, Geology and Paleontology of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula 01/1988; 169:155-162. doi:10.1130/MEM169-p155 |
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