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Record Search Query: [Parameters: Topic='OCEANS', Term='BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY', Variable_Level_1='BATHYMETRY']
R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP0007A - The Young Marginal Rift as a Key to Understanding the Rift-Drift Transition and Andean Orogenesis: OBS Refraction Profiling for Crustal Structure in the Bransfield Strait
Entry ID: NBP0007A

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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 NBP0007A on the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer. This leg started at Punta Arenas, Chile and ended at Punta Arenas, Chile.
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Description: Expedition Data

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Description: NSF Award Abstract #98-14041
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -52.35   S: -63.15   E: -55.78   W: -70.91
Min Altitude: 0 Max Altitude: 0

Parent DIF
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AMBS
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2000-10-26
Stop Date: 2000-11-13
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
R/V NBP > R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer Ancillary Description
Instrument
GRAVIMETERS Ancillary Description
MSBS > Multibeam Swath Bathymetry System Ancillary Description
Project
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
COLUMBIA/LDEO/MGDS
Data Center
Marine Geoscience Data System, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.marine-geo.org/
Dataset ID: NBP0007A

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
JAMES AUSTIN
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: jamie at utig.ig.utexas.edu
Publications/References
Barker D.H.N., G. Christeson, J.A. Austin, and I.W.D. Dalziel, 2003. Back-arc basin evolution and cordilleran orogenesis: Insights from new ocean bottom seismograph refraction profiling in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica, Geology v.31: p.107-110.

Christeson G.L., D.H.N. Barker, J.A. Austin, and I.W.D. Dalziel, 2003. Deep crustal structure of Bransfield Strait: Initiation of a backarc basin by rift reactivation and propagation, Journal of Geophysical Research v.108: p.2492.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2010-05-04
Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-08-27

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