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R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP0306 - Collaborative Research: Antarctic Cretaceous-Cenozoic Climate, Glaciation, and Tectonics: Site surveys for drilling from the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf

Entry ID: NBP0306

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Summary

Abstract: The NSF-supported research icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer operates year-round in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program, carrying out global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines.
This data set consists of underway data from leg NBP0306 on the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer. This leg started at McMurdo/Ice Edge and ended at McMurdo/Ice Edge.

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Description: Expedition Data

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -75.92	S: -78.59	E: 180.0	W: -180.0
Min Altitude: 0 Max Altitude: 0

Parent DIF

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AMBS

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-01-04

Stop Date: 2004-01-15

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > McMurdo Sound

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > ROSS SEA

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

OCEANS

Platform

R/V NBP > R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer

Instrument

CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth

GRAVIMETERS

Project

NSF/OPP > Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation

AMBS > Antarctic Multibeam Bathymetry & Geophysical Synthesis

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

COLUMBIA/LDEO/MGDS

Data Center

Marine Geoscience Data System, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

Data Center URL: http://www.marine-geo.org/
Dataset ID: NBP0306

Data Center Personnel
Name: MARINE GEOSCIENCE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DATA MANAGER Email: info at marine-geo.org Contact Address: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 61 Route 9W City: Palisades Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10964 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online HTTP

Fees: None

Personnel

BRUCE P. LUYENDYK

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: luyendyk at geol.ucsb.edu

Contact Address:

University of California, Santa Barbara

Department of Geological Sciences

City: Santa Barbara

Province or State: CA

Postal Code: 93106-9630

Country: USA

Publications/References

Decesari, R.C., C.C. Sorlien, B.P. Luyendyk, D.S. Wilson, L. Bartek, J. Diebold, and S.E. Hopkins, 2007. Regional seismic stratigraphic correlations of the Ross Sea: Implications for the tectonic history of the West Antarctic Rift System (USGS Open File Report 2007-1047, Short Research Paper 052), Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World â Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, edited by A. K. ... Cooper and C. R. Raymond et al. v.USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Short Research Paper 52: p..

Boyd, L.W., L.R. Bartek, B.P. Luyendyk and D.S. Wilson, 2007. Contrasting Sub-Ice Shelf, Sub Glacial and Glacial Marine Deposition: Implications for Ice Shelf Stability, Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World â Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, edited by A. K. Cooper and C. R. Raymond et al. v.USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Extended Abstract 152: p..

Decesari, R.C., D.S. Wilson, B.P. Luyendyk, and M. Faulkner, 2007. Cretaceous and Tertiary extension throughout the Ross Sea, Antarctica, Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World â Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, edited by A. K. Cooper and C. R. Raymond et al. v.USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Short Research Paper 98: p..

Loth, A.S., L.R. Bartek, B.P. Luyendyk, D. Wilson and C. Sorlien, 2007. Scale of subglacial to sub-ice shelf facies variability, Eastern Basin-Ross Sea, Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World â Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, edited by A. K. Cooper and C. R. Raymond et al. v.USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Extended Abstract 200: p..

Luyendyk, B.P., D.S. Wilson, and C.S. Siddoway, 2003. Eastern margin of the Ross Sea Rift in western Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica: Crustal structure and tectonic development, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems v.4: p.1090.

Sorlien, C.C., B.P. Luyendyk, D.S. Wilson, R.C. Decesari, L.R. Bartek, and J.B. Diebold, 2007. Oligocene development of the West Antarctic ice sheet recorded in eastern Ross Sea strata, Geology v.35(5): p.467-470.

Sorlien, C.C., D.S. Wilson, B.P. Luyendyk, L.R. Bartek, R.C. Decesari, and J.B. Diebold, 2007. Buried Oligocene glacial topography beneath a smooth middle Miocene unconformity in the southeast Ross Sea: Evolution of West Antarctic glaciation, Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World â Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, edited by A.K. Cooper and C.R. Raymond et al. v.USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Extended Abstract 099: p..

Wilson, D.S., and B.P. Luyendyk, 2006. Bedrock platforms within the Ross Embayment, West Antarctica: Hypotheses for ice sheet history, wave erosion, Cenozoic extension, and thermal subsidence, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems v.7: p..

Boyd, L., 2008. Contrasting sub-ice shelf, subglacial and glaciomarine sedimentation at the Ross Ice Shelf: Implications for the glacial history of the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, MS thesis: p..

Loth, A., 2009. Seismic Stratigraphic Record of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Fluctuations within the Eastern Basin of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, MS thesis: p..

Viator, P., 2009. Evolution the East Antarctic Ice Sheet: A Record from the Seismic Stratigraphy of the C-19 Site, Ross Sea, Antarctica, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, MS thesis: p..

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2010-05-04

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-08-27

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