The Shackleton Glacier Area: Floristics, Biostratigraphy and Paleoclimate

9315353 Taylor该奖项支持对横贯南极中部山脉沙克尔顿冰川部分二叠纪和三叠纪沉积岩的古植物学研究。本项目是南极晚古生代和早中生代古生物学和生物地层学研究的延续。众所周知，沙克尔顿冰川地区拥有丰富的植物化石，但从未有人试图系统地收集和详细描述这些植物群。已报道的化石包括化石森林、过矿化泥炭沉积物、压缩/印象区系和花粉。该奖项为这些二叠纪和三叠纪植物化石的收集、描述和古环境解释提供了支持。这些化石，包括树木年轮的分析，是二叠纪-三叠纪古环境重建的重要组成部分，也是检验该地区古气候模型的重要方法。＊＊＊

9315353 Taylor This award supports a paleobotanical study of Permian and Triassic sedimentary rocks in the Shackleton Glacier portion of the Central Transantarctic Mountains. This project represents a continuation of research to elucidate the paleobiology and biostratigraphy of the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic of Antarctic. The Shackleton Glacier region is known to have abundant fossil plants but there has never been an attempt to systematically collect and describe the flora in detail. Fossils that have been reported include fossil forests, permineralized peat deposits, compression/impression floras, and palynomorphs (pollen). This award provides support for collection, description, and paleoenvironmental interpretation of these Permian and Triassic plant fossils. These fossils, including analysis of tree rings, is an essential component of paleoenvironmental reconstructions for the Permo-Triassic and provides an important method of testing paleoclimatic models for the region. ***