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

9317901哈伍德该奖项支持对麦克默多海湾地区冰川化石不稳定物的研究。这项工作将有助于在维多利亚陆盆地边缘建立始新世，甚至可能是白垩纪的海洋和陆地生物区系记录。始新世在南极洲鲜为人知，只有南极半岛的露头和普里兹湾附近的冰川沉积物。已知存在于地层中的化石包括树叶、木材、有机垫和海洋无脊椎动物。目的是研究这些化石，以确定沉积岩的古生物年龄，并找到古环境条件的线索。具体地说，这些不稳定区系的动植物记录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，并将为罗斯冰架地区与南大洋低纬度地区的比较提供基础。这项工作也将有助于在不久的将来形成一个解释开普罗伯茨地区钻芯早新生代古环境的框架。＊＊＊

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. ***