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First discovery of Antarctic amber

Here, we report the first discovery of Antarctic fossil resin (commonly referred to as amber) within a ~5 cm-thick lignite layer, which constitutes the top part of a ~3 m-long palynomorph-rich and root-bearing carbonaceous mudstone of mid-Cretaceous age (Klages et al. 2020). The sedimentary sequence...

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Hauptverfasser: Klages, Johann Philipp (VerfasserIn) , Gerschel, Henny (VerfasserIn) , Salzmann, Ulrich (VerfasserIn) , Nehrke, Gernot (VerfasserIn) , Müller, Juliane (VerfasserIn) , Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter (VerfasserIn) , Bohaty, Steven M. (VerfasserIn) , Bickert, Torsten (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: October 2024
In: Antarctic science
Year: 2024, Jahrgang: 36, Heft: 5, Pages: 439-440
ISSN:1365-2079
DOI:10.1017/S0954102024000208
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102024000208
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antarctic-science/article/first-discovery-of-antarctic-amber/700244C13B3972F0048EAC029E34263E
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Verfasserangaben:Johann P. Klages, Henny Gerschel, Ulrich Salzmann, Gernot Nehrke, Juliane Müller, Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Steven M. Bohaty and Torsten Bickert
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Zusammenfassung:Here, we report the first discovery of Antarctic fossil resin (commonly referred to as amber) within a ~5 cm-thick lignite layer, which constitutes the top part of a ~3 m-long palynomorph-rich and root-bearing carbonaceous mudstone of mid-Cretaceous age (Klages et al. 2020). The sedimentary sequence (Fig. 1) was recovered by the MARUM-MeBo70 seafloor drill rig at Site PS104_20 (73.57° S, 107.09° W; 946 m water depth) from the mid-shelf section of Pine Island trough in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, during RV Polarstern Expedition PS104 in early 2017 (Gohl 2017; Fig. 1a). So far, amber deposits have been described from every continent except Antarctica (Langenheim 2003, Quinney et al. 2015; Fig. 1a).
Beschreibung:Online veröffentlicht: 12. November 2024
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ISSN:1365-2079
DOI:10.1017/S0954102024000208

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