Paleobotany and Biostratigraphy of the Central Transantarctic Mountains

该奖项支持对南极横贯山脉中部晚古生代和中生代沉积岩地层现有样本的古植物学研究。该项目包括对化石森林、过矿化泥炭沉积物、压缩/印象区系和花粉的调查。本项目是阐明南极晚古生代和早中生代的古生物学和生物地层学的持续努力的一部分。这一古植物学研究为岩石形成时期的古环境重建奠定了基础，并为检验该地区的古气候模式提供了重要的方法。

This award supports a paleobotanical study of existing samples from late Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary rock formations in the Central Transantarctic Mountains. The project encompasses investigations of fossil forests, permineralized peat deposits, compression/impression floras, and palynomorphs (pollen). This project is a portion of a continuing effort to elucidate the paleobiology and biostratigraphy of the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic of Antarctic. This paleobotanical work forms the cornerstone of paleoenvironmental reconstructions for the time of formation of the rocks and provides an important method of testing paleoclimatic models for the region.