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Science 2 February 1979:
Vol. 203. no. 4379, pp. 437 - 438
DOI: 10.1126/science.203.4379.437
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Ross Sea Region in the Middle Miocene: A Glimpse into the Past

HOWARD BRADY 1 and HELENE MARTIN 2

1 School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
2 School of Botany, University of New South Wales, Kensington

Fossil diatoms and pollen from sea-floor sediments beneath the Ross Ice Shelf indicate that a permanent ice cover was not present in the Ross Sea and that vegetation including angiosperms, gymnosperms, and ferns existed on at least some parts of the largely glaciated Antarctic mainland in the late middle Miocene.

Submitted on June 12, 1978
Revised on October 2, 1978


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Maceral, Total Organic Carbon, and Palynological Analyses of Ross Ice Shelf Project Site J9 Cores.
J. H. Wrenn, J. H. WRENN, and S. W. BECKMAN (1982)
Science 216, 187-189
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Early Miocene Subglacial Basalts, the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, and Uplift of the Transantarctic Mountains.
E. Stump, E. STUMP, M. F. SHERIDAN, S. G. BORG, and J. F. SUTTER (1980)
Science 207, 757-759
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Miocene Glaciomarine Sediments from Beneath the Southern Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
P. N. Webb, P. N. WEBB, T. E. RONAN JR., J. H. LIPPS, and T. E. DELACA (1979)
Science 203, 435-437
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