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Late Miocene vegetation and palaeoenvironments of the Drygalski Formation, Heard Island, Indian Ocean: evidence from palynology. Antarctic Science, 2005 (Ref: 12168)
Authors:
Truswell E.M.Quilty P.G.McMinn A.Macphail M.K.Wheller G.E.
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Abstract : Well sorted, fine lithic sandstone within the Drygalski Formation at Cape Lockyer on the … southern tip of Heard Island, preserves a diverse terrestrial palynoflora as well as marine diatoms and a few … foraminifera. A combination of these elements suggests a Late Miocene age (10–5 Ma).

Heard Island and the McDonald Islands: a window into the Kerguelen Plateau Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 2000 (Ref: 10083)
Authors:
Quilty P.G.&Wheller G.E.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The modern phase of volcanism on Heard Island probably is younger than one million years and is responsible for building Big Ben, the bulk of the island. The nearby McDonald Islands are less than 100 000 years old and are volcanically active. Big Ben sits on the Drygalski Formation…

Geological, geochemical, and Th-Sr-Pb-Nd isotopic constraints on the character of Heard and McDonald Island volcanism ANARE Research Notes, 1998 (Ref: 9555)
Authors:
Collerson K.D.Regelous M.Wheller G.
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