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Analysis of Tertiary age fossil wood and leaves collected from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Samples of early Tertiary age fossil wood and leaves were collected from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, in 2001. Fossils from Palaeogene strata were studied to determine the nature of vegetation response to the fundamental change from greenhouse to icehouse climates in Antarctica. Palaeoclimate data was derived using CLAMP (Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program) and several Leaf Margin Analysis (LMA) techniques based on the physiognomic properties of the leaves. Climate interpretation of the fossils produced new data on terrestrial climate change at high latitudes and were used to test and validate climate models, and to establish whether climate-induced changes in biodiversity occurred in a gradual or punctuated manner.

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00312
Date (Publication)
2022-03-22
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00312
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  British Antarctic Survey - Polar Data Centre
High Cross, Madingley , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Maintenance and update frequency
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Keywords
  • NDGO0001
NERC OAI Harvesting
  • NERC_DDC
GCMD Parameter Valids
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Microfossils
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Pollen
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Tree Rings
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Paleoclimate Reconstructions > Vegetation Reconstruction
INSPIRE themes
  • Bio-geographical regions
  • Geology
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Palaeocene
  • Tertiary floras
  • biodiversity change
  • forest diversity
  • former greenhouse climate
  • plant fossils
  • terrestrial climate change
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Data released under Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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Data released under Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Biota
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Begin date
2000-08-14
End date
2003-02-13
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
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dataset Dataset

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File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_00312 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2022-03-22
Metadata standard name
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Dataset URI
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00312
 
 

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