@ARTICLE{Birkenmajer_Krzysztof_Polish_1996, author={Birkenmajer, Krzysztof}, volume={vol. 17}, number={No 3-4}, journal={Polish Polar Research}, pages={125-141}, howpublished={online}, year={1996}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Committee on Polar Research}, abstract={The Polish geological research on King George Island, South Shetland Islands (West Antarctica), during the two past decades (1977-1996) included: stratigraphy, radiometric dating, petrology and geochemistry, sedimentology and palaeoenvironmental studies, volcanology, tectonics, structural geology, Quaternary geology, paleobotany and palaeozoology. The major scientific achievements were: (1) the establishment of formal lithostratigraphic standards for radiometrically-dated Upper Cretaceous through Tertiary magmatic rock sequences and intercalated sediments; (2) the discovery of four Tertiary glaciations and three interglacials, spanning some 30 Ma from Early/Middle Eocene through Early Miocene; (3) the discovery and systematic elaboration of rich terrestrial and marine biota of Late Cretaceous through Early Miocene ages; (4) the reconstruction of changing Late Cretaceous and Tertiary terrestrial and marine palaeoenvironments in a mobile volcanic-arc setting; (5) the determination of age and structural evolution of the island's two Quaternary volcanoes; (6) the reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous through Recent evolution stages of the South Shetland magmatic arc and its backarc Bransfield Basin and Rift, based on tectonic and structural studies.}, type={Article}, title={Polish geological researchon King George Island, West Antarctica (1977-1996)}, URL={http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/110960/PDF/1996-3-4_125-141.pdf}, keywords={Antarctica, King George Island, magmatic arcs, Cretaceous-Tertiary}, }