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1. Geochemistry of Vestfjella flood basalts [AVL_DML-BAS]
Data set includes field observations (structures, lithology, stratigraphy, strike, dip), petrographic descriptions, and geochemical (XRF, ICP-MS) and isotopic (Sr, Nd, Pb, Hf) analyses of various ...


2. Stratigraphy Records of Ice Cores Drilled On Traverse From Wilkes In 1961 [wilkes_traverse_stratigraphy_1961]
During a traverse from Wilkes heading inland in 1961, numerous ice cores were drilled. Drawings of the stratigraphy of ice cores, along with density information for the core and a temperature profile ...


3. Stratigraphy Results for Ice Cores From Northern Prince Charles Mountains Region on Lambert Glacier and Amery Ice Shelf [npcm_stratigraphy_1988]
Notes made during the analysis of stratigraphy for ice cores drilled in the Northern Prince Charles Mountain region on the Lambert Glacier/Amery Ice Shelf. Includes results from additional lab work ...


4. Investigation of the Stratigraphy and Time Scale of the WAIS Divide Ice Core Using Electrical Methods [taylor_0440819]
This award supports a project that is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide) program; which is a multi-disciplinary multi-institutional program to investigate the causes of natural ...


5. Spatial Variability in Firn Properties from Borehole Optical Stratigraphy at the Inland WAIS Core Site [waddington_0538639]
Award Abstract #0538639 Spatial Variability in Firn Properties from Borehole Optical Stratigraphy at the Inland WAIS Core Site This award supports a project to study the patterns of accumulation ...


6. GISP2 (B and D Core) Methane Concentrations [NSIDC-0125]
The data include methane data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) B & D Cores. Gas ages were calculated according to the methods described in Brook et al. 1996, and are subject to change. ...


7. Siple Dome Core Date from Measurement of the d18O of Paleoatmospheric Oxygen [NSIDC-0123]
This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. ...


8. Siple Dome Methane Record [NSIDC-0124]
This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ...


9. Visible Stratigraphic Dating, Siple Dome and Upstream C Cores [NSIDC-0121]
This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on climate and sea level change. ...


10. Siple Shallow Core Density Data [NSIDC-0129]
This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ...


11. Digital Images of Thin Sections from Siple Dome [NSIDC-0127]
This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ...


12. Methane and Carbonyl Sulfide Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core Subsamples [NSIDC-0131]
This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. ...


13. Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Ice Cores [NSIDC-0128]
This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ...


14. Siple Dome Ice Core Age-Depth Scales [NSIDC-0130]
This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ...


15. Volcanic Records in the Siple and Taylor Dome Ice Cores [NSIDC-0126]
This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ...


16. Neogene Biostratigraphy of the Pagadroma Group [ASAC_1065]
From the abstract of the referenced papers: The northern Prince Charles Mountains overlook the western side of the 700km long Lambert Glacier-Amery Ice Shelf drainage system. Within these mountains, ...


17. Sedimentological and Glacial Geological Studies at the Law Dome Ice Margin [ASAC_339]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 339 See the link below for public details on this project. From the abstracts of some of the referenced papers: This paper ...


18. Battye Glacier Formation Paleontology and Sedimentology, Beaver Lake Region, Antarctica [ANDRILL_Pagodroma_Group]
Glacimarine strata of the Battye Glacier Formation (c.130 m thick), Pagodroma Group, exposed in the Amery Oasis of East Antarctica, provide a record of late Miocene palaeoenvironmental ...


19. East Antarctic glacial history through microfossil analyses of the Pagodroma Group [David_Harwood]
These results provide information on the biostratigraphic age, depositional environment and paleoclimate setting for four formations of the Pagodroma Group of glacial deposits. Information ...


20. Images of ice core sections that have been processed at the U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory [NICL_Ice_Core_Image]
The dataset is comprised of optical images of ice core sections that were acquired with a digital line-scan camera in the cold room facility at the U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL). Ice core ...


21. Images of ice core sections that have been processed at the U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory [McGwire_0230149]
The dataset is comprised of optical images of ice core sections that were acquired with a digital line-scan camera in the cold room facility at the U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL). Ice core ...


22. Permian-Triassic Basin History of Southern Victoria Land and the Darwin Mountains [Askin-Darwin]
The research focused on integrating sedimentologic, stratigraphic, palynologic, paleomagnetic and ichnologic data from Permian and Triassic strata in the Darwin Glacier (DG) ...


23. Collaborative Research: Refining a 500-kyr Climate Record From the Mt. Moulton Blue Ice Field in West Antarctica [dunbar_NSF0230348]
There is intense scientific interest in the history, dynamics and future of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet because it is the world's only remaining marine ice sheet and is considered by ...


24. Proposed Drill Site: Ross-Amundsen Ice Divide, West Antarctica [Western_Divide_WAIS_Icecores_Site_Selection]
Proposed drill site near the Ross-Amundsen ice divide, West Antarctica Describes conditions near the Ross-Amundsen ice divide, and discusses candidate drill sites ...


25. Subsurface investigations of Marine Plain [ASAC_2400]
Marine Plain at Vestfold Hills, contains a unique record of sea level, climate and glacial history within its sediments and microfossils. Coring of the deeper sediments will reveal how this part of ...


26. Borehole Optical Stratigraphy: Ice Microphysics, Climate Change, and the Optical Properties of Firn [waddington_0335330]
This award supported a study of the physical nature and environmental origin of optical features (light and dark zones) observed by video in boreholes in polar ice. These features appear to include ...


27. CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE OF SOUTHERN PATAGONIA: MAIN BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC EVENTS -PICT7-32320 [CDA_AR-CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE_OF_SOUTHERN_PATAGONIA_MAIN_BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC_EVENTS]
ENGLISH The goal of this Project is to increase the paleobotanical, palynological and biostratigraphic information of the Cretaceous and Paleogene in selected areas of Southern Patagonia, integrating ...


28. Patagonia-Antarctic Peninsula: Clues to a Lost Connection [CDA_AR-Patagonia-AntarcticPeninsula-CluestoaLostConnection-PIC7-30785]
ENGLISH: This project will allow the adjustment of the ages of the Paleogene marine transgressions between 65 and 23 My in southern Patagonia and the northern Antarctic Peninsula, therefore providing ...


29. A detailed investigation of the paleohydraulic regime (sinuosity, channel width, depth, slope, discharge of the river, etc) during the deposition of the Triassic alluvial plain sequence at Mt Bastion [K043_1980_1982_NZ_1]
The paleohydraulic Triassic alluvial plain sequence at the head of the Dry Valleys was studied. The Triassic Beacon Supergroup is divided into five stratigraphic units (The Fleming Member of the Feather ...


30. Radar Studies of Internal Stratigraphy and Bed Topography along the US ITASE II Traverse [jacobel_0440304]
A project to perform ice radar studies of bedrock topography and internal layers along the second US ITASE traverse corridor extending from Taylor Dome to South Pole on the inland side of the Transantarctic ...


31. Borehole Optical Stratigraphy at Siple Dome [UW_BOS_SDM]
This data set contains the Borehole Optical Stratigraphic (BOS) profile for a borehole (designated K) approximately 50 M from the main borehole at Siple Dome, West Antarctica. BOS is ...


32. Glaciology of Blue Ice Areas in Antarctica [Hamilton_0229245]
A 'horizontal ice core' was collected at the Mount Moulton blue ice field in West Antarctica and preliminary analyses of the sample material suggests that a ~500 kyr climate record is ...


33. Subsurface investigations of Marine Plain - Environmental photos taken during project [ASAC_2400_Photos]
Overview: 35 Days were spent in ASPA 143 (Marine Plain, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica) conducting non-invasive geophysical surveys. Surveys included 11 electrical resistivity soundings, 5 electrical ...


34. Quelccaya Summit (Peru) Ice Core from WDC for Paleoclimatology [EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEOCL_QUELCCA]
This data set is derived from the Quelccaya Summit Ice Core by Drs. Lonnie Thompson and Ellen Mosley-Thompson of The Ohio State University. The record was updated in May 1992 to extend the data period ...


35. Climate: Long-Range Investigation, Mapping, and Prediction (CLIMAP) 18,000 Years Before Present (18k bp) Sediment Data Files [FE00126]
The CLIMAP (Climate: Long-range Investigation, Mapping, and Prediction) Project was funded by the National Science Foundation as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE) Program. ...


36. Calcium Carbonate Percent from Marine Sediments [EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEOCLIM_CARB1]
This data set contains calcium carbonate percentage data from marine sediment cores, plus C14 dates or age models as available, and NCDC's display software. The analyses were done for the CLIMAP ...


37. Elk Lake, Minnesota, Paleoclimate Data, WDC Paleoclimatology [EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEOCL_ELKLAKE]
This data set contains data files of various parameters collected in Elk Lake, Minnesota. The lake has generated considerable interest due to its 10,000 year record of varved sediments. Extensive ...


38. Ancient Lake Level (Caspian Sea and Aral Sea) Paleoclimate Data [EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEO_LAKELEVEL]
The lake level dataset contains data on the reconstructed extent of the Aral and Caspian Seas during the last glacial maximum 18,000 YBP. The reconstructions were made by Olga Dennisenko (Department ...


39. Foraminifer Census Counts and SST estimates from Marine Sediments of North Atlantic Ocean [EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEOCLIM_FORAM]
This directory contains foraminifer census counts and SST (Sea Surface Temperature) estimates derived from marine sediment cores from the north Atlantic Ocean. The data were provided to NGDC by Dr. ...


40. UPPER CRETACEOUS STRATIGRAPHY OF JAMES ROSS BASIN, ANTARCTICA [CDA_AR_PICTA-33-2004-UPPER_CRETACEOUS_STRATIGRAPHY_JR_BASIN]
ENGLISH Establishment of a reference stratigraphic and chronologic framework for the James Ross Basin on the basis of the distribution of the ammonite faunas. Sedimentology and paleoenvironments. ...


41. Global Relative Sea Level Histories [EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEO_SEALEVEL1]
The Relative Sea Level Database covers sea level data from the present time back to 14,000 years before the present. The authors compiled the database from numerous published sources in addition ...


42. Barbados Sea Level and Th/U 14C Calibration [EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEOCLIM_BARB1]
Part of the NOAA Paleoclimatology Program dataset is the Barbados Sea Level and Th/U 14C Calibration. Barbados data are from Fairbanks (1989) and Bard et al. (1990) - the reference works below - ...


43. Geology of Cape Lamb, Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula [CDA_AR_GEO_CAPELAMB_GEOLOGICMAP]   CHILD DIFs
The first geologic map of Cape Lamb, SW Vega Island, is presented along with their description and interpretation. The main outcrops correspond to Late Cretaceous sedimentary rocks and neogene volcanic ...


44. Geology of Seymour Island, Antarctica [CDA_AR_GEO_SEYMOUR_SEDIMENTOL]
Currently, the data set is comprised of approximately 450 granulometric analyses of 70 loose grain mineralogical preparations from 30 geological sections of Seymour Island, Antarctica. The data set ...


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