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![(a) Setting of the South Shetland Islands and King George Island in Antarctica. (b) Location of the study area on King George Island, South Shetland Islands and northern Antarctic Peninsula. (c) Sampling locality on the background of geological sketch map of the Chopin Ridge of King George Island (after Troedson and Smellie 2002, simplified). (d) Synthetic profile of the Polonez Cove Formation (after Troedson and Smellie 2002, simplified) with sampling interval marked.]()
![Locations of possible source areas for exotic pebbles studied here in Antarctica. The Oligocene–Miocene palaeotopography features of Antarctica were adopted in simplified form from Paxman et al. (2019). Possible paths of transportation of the exotic pebbles are marked by arrows. The direction from the Transantarctic Mts is based also on the lithology and fossils found in the pebbles of the Polonez Cove Formation (Birkenmajer and Weiser 1985; Birkenmajer et al. 1985; Dingle and Lavelle 1998; Gaździcki 2008). a.s.l., above sea level.]()
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U–Pb isotopic ages and provenance of some far-travelled exotic pebbles from glaciogenic sediments of the Polonez Cove Formation (Oligocene, King George Island) Available to Purchase
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 13 January 2021
Journal of the Geological Society (2021) 178 (2): jgs2020-113.
...Jerzy Nawrocki; Magdalena Pańczyk; Krystian Wójcik; Andrzej Tatur Abstract Zircon grains from nine erratic pebbles of granite, granodiorite–tonalite and quartzite from the Polonez Cove Formation (southern King George Island) were studied for their U–Pb isotope ages and provenance. The calculated...
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Oligocene and Pliocene interglacial events in the Antarctic Peninsula dated using strontium isotope stratigraphy Available to Purchase
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 01 April 1997
Journal of the Geological Society (1997) 154 (2): 257–264.
...R. V. DINGLE; J. M. McARTHUR; P. VROON Abstract Strontium isotope stratigraphy is used to date two interglacial-marine deposits in the Antarctic Peninsula region. On King George Island, interglacial pectinid-rich sediments in the Low Head Member of the Polonez Cove Formation give a strontium...
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( a ) Setting of the South Shetland Islands and King George Island in Antar... Available to Purchase
in U–Pb isotopic ages and provenance of some far-travelled exotic pebbles from glaciogenic sediments of the Polonez Cove Formation (Oligocene, King George Island)
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Published: 13 January 2021
George Island (after Troedson and Smellie 2002 , simplified). ( d ) Synthetic profile of the Polonez Cove Formation (after Troedson and Smellie 2002 , simplified) with sampling interval marked.
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Locations of possible source areas for exotic pebbles studied here in Antar... Available to Purchase
in U–Pb isotopic ages and provenance of some far-travelled exotic pebbles from glaciogenic sediments of the Polonez Cove Formation (Oligocene, King George Island)
> Journal of the Geological Society
Published: 13 January 2021
. The direction from the Transantarctic Mts is based also on the lithology and fossils found in the pebbles of the Polonez Cove Formation ( Birkenmajer and Weiser 1985 ; Birkenmajer et al. 1985 ; Dingle and Lavelle 1998 ; Gaździcki 2008 ). a.s.l., above sea level.
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Terrestrial and marine floral response to latest Eocene and Oligocene events on the Antarctic Peninsula Available to Purchase
Journal: Palynology
Publisher: AASP -The Palynological Society
Published: 02 January 2019
Palynology (2019) 43 (1): 4–21.
... climate. Early to Late Oligocene samples from the Polonez Cove and Boy Point formations on King George Island, South Shetland Islands (magmatic arc), yielded an extremely depauperate terrestrial flora, likely resulting in part from poor vegetation cover during the Polonez Glaciation but also because...
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Antarctic Peninsular cryosphere: Early Oligocene ( c. 30 Ma) initiation and a revised glacial chronology Available to Purchase
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 01 June 1998
Journal of the Geological Society (1998) 155 (3): 433–437.
... (unpublished data) approximately contemporaneous with terrestrial plant- bearing volcano-clastic strata (Arctowski Formation) on southern King George Island dated by K/Ar between 52.0 (Early Eocene) and 37.4 Ma (Mid-Eocene) (Birkenmajer & Zastawniak 1989). The Magda Nunatak/Polonez Cove area exposes the oldest...
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Upper Oligocene to Lowermost Miocene Strata of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: Stratigraphy, Facies Analysis, and Implications for the Glacial History of the Antarctic Peninsula Available to Purchase
Journal: Journal of Sedimentary Research
Publisher: SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology
Published: 01 July 2002
Journal of Sedimentary Research (2002) 72 (4): 510–523.
.... 1997 ; Dingle and Lavelle 1998 ; Troedson and Smellie 2002 ). The first was the middle to late Oligocene (∼ 26-30 Ma) "Polonez" glacial episode, based on the Polonez Cove Formation, exposed mainly in the Lions Rump region 30 km west of Melville Peninsula (see Fig. 1 ). The Polonez Cove Formation...
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Evidence for an earliest Oligocene ice sheet on the Antarctic Peninsula Available to Purchase
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 May 2006
Geology (2006) 34 (5): 377–380.
.... Troedson , A.L. , and Smellie , J.L. , 2002 , The Polonez Cove Formation of King George Island, Antarctica : Stratigraphy, facies and implications for mid-Cenozoic cryosphere development: Sedimentology , v. 49 p. 277 – 301 doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00441.x. Williams , G.L...
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‘A‘ā lava-fed deltas: A new reference tool in paleoenvironmental studies Available to Purchase
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 April 2013
Geology (2013) 41 (4): 403–406.
.... , 2009 , Modelling West Antarctic ice sheet growth and collapse through the past five million years : Nature , v. 458 , doi:10.1038/nature07809 . Porbski S.J. Gradziński R. , 1990 , Lava-fed Gilbert-type delta in the Polonez Cove Formation (Lower Oligocene), King George Island: West...
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Late Cenozoic glacier-volcano interaction on James Ross Island and adjacent areas, Antarctic Peninsula region Available to Purchase
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 May 2008
GSA Bulletin (2008) 120 (5-6): 709–731.
... record of glaciation ( Birkenmajer, 1996 ). Eocene ages for an expanded West Antarctic Ice Sheet reaching King George Island were claimed by Birkenmajer et al. (1986) for their Polonez Cove Formation, although this age was later refuted ( Dingle and Lavelle, 1998 ), and a revised late Oligocene age...
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Remnants of Antarctic vegetation on King George Island during the early Miocene Melville Glaciation Available to Purchase
Journal: Palynology
Publisher: AASP -The Palynological Society
Published: 01 March 2016
Palynology (2016) 40 (1): 66–82.
... ). The sedimentary succession embraces the Oligocene Polonez Cove Formation (Chopin Ridge Group) occurring between Admiralty Bay and King George Bay ( Figure 1C ), and the Late Oligocene Destruction Bay Formation and the earliest Miocene Cape Melville Formation (Moby Dick Group) occurring between Sherratt Bay...
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Isotopic ages and palaeomagnetism of selected magmatic rocks from King George Island (Antarctic Peninsula) Available to Purchase
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 01 September 2010
Journal of the Geological Society (2010) 167 (5): 1063–1079.
..., facies analysis and implications for the glacial history of the Antarctic Peninsula Journal of Sedimentary Research 2002 72 510 523 Troedson A.L. Smellie J.L. The Polonez Cove Formation of King George Island, Antarctica: stratigraphy, facies and implications for mid-Cenozoic...
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From small-scale faults to plate kinematics: palaeostress determinations in a fragmented arc complex (SE Livingston Island, S Shetlands, Antarctica) Available to Purchase
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 01 December 1996
Journal of the Geological Society (1996) 153 (6): 1011–1020.
... 1976 264 319 324 Tokarski A. K. Structural events in the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica) I The Polonez Cove Formation (Pliocene) Studia Geologica Polonica 1981 72 89 99 Tokarski A. K. Structural events in the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica), II Tertiary volcanics...
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Clastic sedimentary record impacted by carbonate bioclasts in the Late Ediacaran Open Access
Journal: Geological Magazine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01 January 2025
Geological Magazine (2025) 162: e2.
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The petrophysical and petrographical properties of hyaloclastite deposits: Implications for petroleum exploration Available to Purchase
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Publisher: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Published: 01 March 2014
AAPG Bulletin (2014) 98 (3): 449–463.
... , V21A-12. Pore¸bski S. J. Gradziński R. , 1990 . Lava-fed Gilbert-type delta in the Polonez Cove Formation (lower Oligocene), King George Island, West Antarctica , in Colella A. Prior D. , eds. , Coarse-grained deltas : International Association of Sedimentologists Special...
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A deep-sea foraminiferal assemblage scattered through the late Cenozoic of Antarctic Peninsula and its biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications Available to Purchase
Journal: Journal of Paleontology
Publisher: Paleontological Society
Published: 01 May 2022
Journal of Paleontology (2022) 96 (3): 493–512.
... foraminifera from northwestern Peru : Journal of Paleontology , v. 17 , p. 331 – 353 . Gaździcki , A. , 1989 , Planktonic foraminifera from the Oligocene Polonez Cove Formation of King George Island, West Antarctica : Polish Polar Research , v. 10 , p. 47 – 55 . Gaździcki...
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Biostratigraphy and Depositional Environment of the Miocene Limestone Bed of Baripada, Mayurbhanj District, Odisha: Foraminiferal, Sedimentological and Bulk Organic Geochemical Evidences Available to Purchase
Publisher: Geological Society of India
Published: 01 October 2017
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2017) 90 (4): 437–446.
... water benthic foraminifera from the Polonez Cove Formation (lower Oligocene) of King George Island, West Antarctica . Mar. Micropaleontol ., v. 111 , pp. 1 – 14 . Mehrotra , D.K. , Mishra , V.P. and Srivastava , S. ( 1973 ) Miocene sharks from India . Rec. Res. Geol . Hindustan...
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The Nodoconchiinae, a new subfamily of Cytheridae (Crustacea, Ostracoda) Available to Purchase
Journal: Journal of Micropalaeontology
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 04 January 2016
Journal of Micropalaeontology (2016) 35 (1): 90–101.
... . Micropaleontology , 19 , 308 – 340 .
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1974 . Upper Cretaceous (lower Maastrichtian?) ostracodes from Argentina . Micropaleontology , 20 , 385 – 397 .
Blaszyk J.
1987 . Ostracods from the Oligocene Polonez Cove Formation of King George Island, West Antarctica...
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Glacial Eustasy During the Cenozoic: Sequence Stratigraphic Implications Available to Purchase
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Publisher: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Published: 01 July 1998
AAPG Bulletin (1998) 82 (7): 1385–1400.
... deposits of the Polonez Cove Formation, South Shetland Islands, and concluded that they were deposited by an ice cap that extended across the northern Antarctic Peninsula. Basalts, with K/Ar ages of 32.8 and 30 Ma, overlie these glacial sediments. Birkenmajer (1991) referred to this glaciation...
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Modern benthic ostracodes from Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica: paleoceanographic, paleobiogeographic, and evolutionary significance Available to Purchase
Journal: Micropaleontology
Publisher: Micropaleontology Press
Published: 01 November 2007
Micropaleontology (2007) 53 (6): 469–496.
... the Oligocene Polonez Cove Formation of King George Island, West Antarctica , Palaeontologia Polonica , 49 : 63 – 81 . BOOMER , I. , 1999 . Late Cretaceous and Cainozoic bathyal Ostracoda from the Central Pacific (DSDP Site 463) . Marine Micropaleontology , 37 : 131 – 147 . BRADY , G. S...
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