Transantarctic Mountains - Wikipedia
The Transantarctic Mountains (abbreviated TAM) comprise a mountain range of uplifted rock (primarily sedimentary) in Antarctica which extends, with some interruptions, across the …
The last forests on Antarctica: Reconstructing flora and temperature ...
2018年4月1日 · Fossil-bearing deposits in the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica indicate that, despite the cold nature of the continent’s climate, a tundra ecosystem grew during periods of …
Secrets of Antarctica's fossilised forests - BBC News
2011年2月8日 · To understand how trees survived against the odds, Professor Beerling has been investigating the kinds of plants that once grew on Antarctica. These include trees like the …
280-Million-Year-Old Fossil Forest Discovered in Antarctica
2017年11月16日 · It's hard to look at Antarctica's frigid landscape today and imagine lush forests. To find their fossil specimens, Gulbranson and his colleagues have to disembark from planes …
280-Million-Year-Old Fossil Forest Discovered in … Antarctica
2017年11月15日 · A fossilized Glossopteris tree in the Transantarctic Mountains grew there some 280 million years ago, before being rapidly covered with volcanic ash and turned to stone. This …
The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica - Seeing the Forest for the ...
2015年2月12日 · It is only the second fossil forest from the Triassic ever found in Antarctica. It’s about a third the size of a site in Gordon Valley near the Beardmore Glacier in the …
Fossil plants from the Pliocene Sirius Group, Transantarctic Mountains …
1996年8月1日 · Fossil wood and leaves of Nothofagus beardmorensis Hill, Harwood and Webb occur within the Sirius Group in Antarctica, a sequence of Pliocene glacial sediments that crop …
Five New Fossil Forests Found in Antarctica - National Geographic
2018年3月16日 · Hundreds of millions of years ago, Antarctica was carpeted with prehistoric greenery. Now, scientists may have uncovered clues about what happened in the "Great …
Geologists uncover Antarctica’s fossil forests - ScienceDaily
2017年11月13日 · Prehistoric polar forests were built for survival, but were not hardy enough to live in ultra-high concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide. A geologist is studying the tree …
Transantarctic Mountains – Antarctica’s Largest Range
2023年3月29日 · The Transantarctic Mountains are an enormous mountain range in Antarctica that divide the continent into East Antarctica and West Antarctica. The range spans across the …