Geology and Petroleum Potential of the Adelie Coast Margin, East Antarctica

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Wannesson
Keyword(s):  
East Antarctica ◽  
Petroleum Potential

THE PETROLEUM POTENTIAL OF ANTARCTICA AND ITS CONTINENTAL MARGIN

1981 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
P. J. Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Continental Margin ◽  
Ross Sea ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Weddell Sea ◽  
East Antarctica ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Oil Accumulation ◽  
Petroleum Potential ◽  
Late Mesozoic ◽  
West Antarctic

On the basis of geological comparison and analogy with other Gondwanaland continents, four regions of Antarctica and its continental margin offer potential petroleum-bearing basins.The area of the Weddell Sea, Byrd subglacial basin and Ross Sea is analogous to the area east of the Andes Mountains in Argentina and offers good petroleum potential.The divergent continental margin of East Antarctica is analogous to the southern Australian and East Brazilian margins and its continental shelf is likely to contain Late Mesozoic basins, perhaps with a variety of reservoir systems, having good petroleum potential.The wide continental shelves of the Bellinghausen and Amundsen seas on the West Antarctic margin may also present favourable areas of petroleum exploration. Large intracratonic basins in East Antarctica, although possibly geologically favourable for oil accumulation, lie beneath thick ice, are largely unknown, and are the least prospective of the four areas.The exploitation of any Antarctic mineral resources will require the resolution of sovereignty claims to Antarctica at present excluded from the Antarctic Treaty.

Some centric diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from Neogene deposits of the Fisher Massif (Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica)

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 32-49
Author(s):  
R. M. Gogorev ◽  
Z. V. Pushina
Keyword(s):  
Marine Sediments ◽  
East Antarctica ◽  
Benthic Diatoms ◽  
Detailed Data ◽  
Planktonic Algae ◽  
Centric Diatoms ◽  
Planktonic Diatom ◽  
Oceanic Species ◽  
Diatom Complexes

The richest diatom complexes have revealed due to the study of glacial-marine sediments sampled in the Fisher Massif (Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica) during 52nd and 53rd Russian Antarctic Expeditions (Polar Marine Geol. Survey Expedition) in 2006/07 and 2007/08. Three diatom complexes are distinguished according to different palaeoecological conditions: the planktonic one is located in the basis of the outcrop, while mixed planktonic-benthic and benthic ones being located above. The planktonic diatom complexes are dominated by two oceanic species Actinocyclus ingens (up to 8%) and Denticulopsis simonseni (up to 80%). There are 15 planktonic algae, e. g. Eucampia аntarctica, Fragilariopsis spp., Rhizosolenia spp., Rouxia antarctica, Podosira antarctica sp. nov., Stellarima microtrias; and also unknown and non-described benthic diatoms Achnanthes sp., Cocconeis spp., Rhabdonema (s. l.) spp. and Synedra (s. l.) spp. Detailed data on morphology and taxonomy of 10 centric diatoms are presented, including 3 newly described species.

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