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1. Methane Measurements from the GISP2 and Siple Dome Ice Cores [NSIDC-0440]
This data set contains methane measurements made in trapped air in the Holocene sections of two ice cores: the Siple Dome ice core in Antarctica, and the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) ice ...


2. Cape Roberts Core-3 Authigenic Clays [CRP-3_authigenics]   PARENT DIF
The data set include a table summary of the distribution of the authigenic vs. detrital smectite, zeolites, and other authigenic minerals within the extent of drill core-3 of the Cape Roberts Project ...


3. Oceanography and sedimentation beneath the McMurdo/Ross Ice Shelf in Windless Bight [K042_2002_2003_NZ_1]
Water flow and sedimentation beneath the McMurdo Ice Shelf south of Ross Island was investigated by using a hot water drilling system to melt access holes through the ice shelf allowing measurements ...


4. ANtarctic geological DRILLing (ANDRILL) drilling rig [ANDRILL_drilling_rig]
Development of a new capability for recovery of stratigraphic and rock samples from Antarctica. The ANDRILL (ANtarctic geological DRILLing) Program has a new drilling rig and system to ...


5. Cape Roberts Project diatom biostratigraphic data [CRP_DIATOM_DATA]
Diatom biostratigraphic data from Cape Roberts Project cores. Includes quantitative counts of diatoms plus silicoflagellates, endoskeletal dinoflagellates and ebridians for upper Eocene ...


6. The ANDRILL drilling project - 1284.87 m and 1138.54 m sediment cores from below the McMurdo/Ross Ice Shelf [K001_ANDRILL]   CHILD DIFs
ANDRILL (ANtarctic DRILLing project) is a multinational (Germany, Italy, New Zealand and USA) initiative to investigate the climate and tectonic history of Antarctica by recovering deep sediment ...


7. The Dry Valleys Drilling Project [Dry_Valley_Drilling_Project]
The Dry Valleys Drilling Project (DVDP) was predominately an international project between scientists from New Zealand, the US, and Japan, which drilled 14 holes in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica (especially ...


8. CIROS Project: Obtaining Cenozoic history of the Ross Sea by coring sedimentary strata offshore [K001_CIROS_PROJECT]
The CIROS (Cenozoic Investigation in the Western Ross Sea) drilling project was conducted to obtain a record of the early history of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and the rise of the Transantarctic Mountains. ...


9. A study of the glacial history of the McMurdo Oasis by the dating of lacustre carbonates [K009_1979_1980_NZ_1]   PARENT DIF
Three holes were drilled into frozen sediments around Lake Fryxell. The first was 4ft in depth in frozen silts approx 50m NW of the Fryxell Hut. The second hole was 30m east of the first hole and ...


10. The Marshall Valley Drilling Project [K021_1985_1986_NZ_1]
Three bore holes were drilled in the Marshall Valley approximately 1km apart to determine the Quaternary glacial stratigraphy of the area. The first hole was 24.52m in depth, the second was 31.92m ...


11. Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2000-01 - AM02 seawater and sediment samples, plus AWS data [ASAC_1164_AM02_Other]   PARENT DIF
AM02 borehole drilled December 2000. Several Niskin water bottle samples collected in ocean cavity. 1.44 m sediment core collected from seafloor at 780 m below sea level. Ongoing Automatic Weather ...


12. Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2001-02 - AM01 sampling (seafloor sediment, ice cores, seawater) and Automatic Weather Station data [ASAC_1164_AM01_Other]
AM01 borehole drilled January 2002. Samples collected during drilling and scientific sampling phases of work. AWS continuing to operate.


13. Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2003-04 - AM01b sampling (seafloor sediment, ice cores, seawater) and Automatic Weather Station data [ASAC_1164_AM01b_Other]   PARENT DIF
AM01b borehole site Samples collected during drilling and scientific sampling phases of work. AWS continuing to operate (not a new station, but ongoing AM01 station).


14. Bibliography & Inventory of Holocene Varved and Laminated Marine Sediments [G01244]
Bibliography and Inventory of Holocene Varved and Laminated Marine Sediments - locations of known high resolution paleoclimatic sediment records, plus bibliography of associated research.


15. Tropical Ice Core Paleoclimatic Records, Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru [G01248]
Ice Core data from the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru, including annual ice accumulation, oxygen isotopes, and dust particles.


16. Ice Core Data: Accumulation, Dust Particles, Isotopes, Chemistry, and Gas Concentration Data from Polarand Alpine Regions Worldwide [G01001]
Ice Core data from Polar and Mountain regions, including annual ice accumulation, dust particles, stable isotopes, trapped gases, and ice chemistry.


17. Worldwide Values of Proxy Paleoclimate Indicators from Microfossils, Pollen, Cores, Tree Rings, andOthers [G01000]
General collection of paleoclimate proxy data including climate indicators from microfossils, pollen, ice cores, tree rings, etc.


18. Heinrich Event Slide Set [G01266]
By understanding past climate variability, scientists hope to understand the course of future changes in the earth's climate system. This slide set outlines past climate variability by reconstructing ...


19. Paleoceanographic Values of Carbonate Percent, Relative Sea Level, Paleo SST's, Paleocurrent and MonsoonConditions, and Climatic Sea Level Changes [G01109]
Paleoceanographic data, including special projects such as CLIMAP and SPECMAP, as well as oceanwide data sets such as carbonate percent and relative sea level. All data designed to interpret paleoclimatic ...


20. Lagos Project (Proyecto Lagos-Comahue) [CDA_AR_GEO_LAGOS-COMAHUE]   CHILD DIFs
The Lagos Project (Proyecto Lagos-Comahue) was developed through a collaboration between Polish (Institute of Ecology, Polish Academy of Science) and Agentinian (CONICET - Consejo de Investigaciones ...


21. Extent of the grounded Antarctic ice sheet in space and time [NL_ANTARCTICA_ICESHEET_EXTENT]
Limited exposure is a major drawback when using drillcores for reconstructing past glacial environments: direct observations of sediments are restricted to the width of the cores and only provide ...


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