Paleobiology and Paleoenvironments of Pre-glacial (?) Eocene Coasts in Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica

9317901哈伍德这个奖项支持了一项对麦克默多海峡地区的含盐冰川的研究。 这项工作将有助于建立始新世的记录，可能白垩纪，海洋和陆地生物群的边缘维多利亚陆地盆地。 在南极洲，始新世的资料很少，只有在南极半岛的露头和在普雷兹湾附近发现的冰川沉积物。 已知存在于不规则区域的化石包括树叶、木材、有机垫和海洋无脊椎动物。 目的是研究化石，以确定沉积岩的古生物学年龄，并找到古环境条件的线索。 具体而言，记录这些不规则区域的动物群和植物群将有助于更好地了解新生代早期的海洋和陆地生物和生态系统，并将为罗斯冰架区域与南大洋低纬度地点的比较提供依据。 这项工作也将有助于形成一个框架，解释早期新生代的古环境，从罗伯茨角地区的钻孔岩心，预计在不久的将来。 ***

9317901 Harwood This award supports a study of fossiliferous glacial erratics from the McMurdo Sound region. This work will help to establish the record of Eocene, and possibly Cretaceous, marine and terrestrial biota on the margin of the Victoria Land basin. The Eocene is poorly known from Antarctica, represented only by outcrops in the Antarctic Peninsula and by glacial sediments recovered near Prydz Bay. Fossils known to be present in the erratics include leaves, wood, organic mats, and marine invertebrates. The goal is to study the included fossils to determine paleontological ages of the sedimentary rocks and to find clues to the paleoenvironmental conditions. Specifically, documentation of the fauna and flora in these erratics will allow better understanding of marine and terrestrial biological and ecological systems during the early Cenozoic and will provide a basis for comparison of the Ross Ice Shelf region with lower latitude sites in the Southern Ocean. This work will also help form a framework for interpretation of early Cenozoic paleoenvironments in drill core from the Cape Roberts region that is anticipated in the near future. ***