Dr Liz Truswell ‘What does deep sea drilling tell us about the former land vegetation of Antarctica and its extinction?’

What does deep sea drilling tell us about the former land vegetation of Antarctica and its extinction?  The continent of Antarctica once bore a land vegetation of some richness. But rock outcrops are very scarce on the continent and we have to look at drill holes in the marine realm to provide the best evidence for the nature, decline and eventual extinction of this vegetation.

Biography

Liz Truswell is a Visiting Fellow in the Research School of Earth Science at the ANU.  Her past research as a palynologist has dealt with the history of the floras of Australia and Antarctica.  She is presently a practising artist with an interest in the relationships between art and science