Author	Pirrie, D., Duane, A.M and Riding, J.B.
Year	1992
Journal	In: Duane, A.M., Pirrie, D. and Riding, J.B. (eds.), 1992: Palynology of the James Ross Island Are
Title	Jurassic-Tertiary stratigraphy and palynology of the James Ross Basin; review and introduction

Abstract Pirrie, D., Duane, A.M and Riding, J.B., 1992; Jurassic-Tertiary stratigraphy and palynology of the James Ross Basin; review and introduction. In: Duane, A.M., Pirrie, D. and Riding, J.B. (eds.), 1992: Palynology of the James Ross Island Area, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science, Volume 4,No.3: 259-261 Special Issue, September 1992. Blackwell Scientific Publications Abstract: A sedimentary sequence, c. 5-6 km thick, extending from the Kimmeridgian-Upper Eocene crops out in the James Ross Island area, northern Antarctic Peninsula. This succession is the most important onshore Late Cretaceous-Tertiary sequence in Antarctica and is probably one of the most significant Cretaceous sequences in the Southern Hemisphere. However, the understanding of the geological and palaeontological evolution of the area has been limited by an incomplete knowledge of the biostratigraphy of this region. Palynological studies are providing a finer resolution biostratigraphical zonation scheme than previously possible. This paper reviews the stratigraphy of the basin fill succession and provides a framework for the papers published in this Special Issue.