Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-23T03:30:24Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 31 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_JASON_JURASSIC_TREES -61.53,-66.23,-61.42,-66.07 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-04-22T04:00:00Z

A new discovery of Jurassic flora (tree trunks and stemps), located in Ramirez nunatak, Jason Peninsula, on the East side of Antarctic Peninsula is described. Together with another fossil flora locality ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR-BIOSTRATIGRAPHY_AND_SEDIMENTOLOGY_OF_THE_SANTONIAN-MAASTRICHTIAN_FROM_TH 2009-08-10T04:00:00Z

ENGLISH This proposal is directed to the study of important, but not yet totally solved, scientific questions involving geologic, paleobiologic, and paleoclimatic high-latitude events. The expected ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR-CRETACEOUSANDCENOZOICMICROPALEONTOLOGYOFANTARCTICPENINSULA-PALEOBI 2009-08-10T04:00:00Z

ENGLISH To analyze in detail the biostratigraphy, micropaleontology and paleobiogeography of the marine and continental microbiotas in the Antarctic Peninsula region, developed during the Mesozoic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR-CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE_OF_SOUTHERN_PATAGONIA_MAIN_BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC_EVENTS 2009-08-10T04:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR-GEOPHYSICAL_INVESTIGATIONS_OF_THE_MAGMATIC_ARC_IN_THE_NORTHWESTERN_PENIN 2009-08-10T04:00:00Z

ENGLISH This project comprises geophysical, structural, and petrologic studies aiming to define the geometry, lateral relationships, and tectonic evolution of the geologic units of the Mesozoic magmatic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR-STUDY_AND_MONITORING_OF_ACTIVE_VOLCANOES_DECEPTION_ISLAND-PICTO-36051 2009-08-10T04:00:00Z

ENGLISH The purpose of this project is to make a full study of the Deception Island volcanic system. The geologic research will be carried on through various disciplines. Thus, structure, volcanic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR-ICE-CLIMATE_INTERACTION-GLACIER_DYNAMICS-ANTARCTIC_PENINSULA-SOUTHERN_P -78.0,-79.0,-52.0,-47.0 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-07-08T04:00:00Z

ENGLISH: The ice masses of the Antarctic Peninsula have been subject to significant changes during the recent decades, with the dramatic disintegration of sections of the Larsen Ice Shelf and the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR-VOLCANISM_RELATED_TO_THE_PERMIAN-TRIASSIC_TRINITY_PENINSULA_GROUP-PICTA2 -57.22,-63.33,-57.0,-63.32 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-07-08T04:00:00Z

ENGLISH: The Permian-Triassic Trinity Peninsula Group (TPG) forms the mechanical basement of Larsen Basin (del Valle et al. 1992) at the north-eastern extreme of the Antarctic Peninsula. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_PICTA-23-2004-PALAEO-VERT -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.83 2009-06-25T04:00:00Z

ENGLISH Latest Cretaceous-Paleogene sedimentary sequences in the James Ross Basin, Antarctica contains a unique record of marine and terrestrial vertebrates that documents ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_MICROPALEO_PICTA-16-2004 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.83 2007-03-06T05:00:00Z

ENGLISH Mesozoic and Cenozoic foraminifera, ostracodes and calcareous nannofossils from several localities of James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland island will be analyzed with ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_PICTA-02-2004-METHANE-HYDRATES -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.83 2005-11-03T05:00:00Z

ENGLISH This project is aimed to determine the size, origin and stability of methane hydrate deposits that are present in the continental shelf of the north-eastern extreme of the Antarctic Peninsula. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_PICTA-17-2004-BIOSTRATIGRAPHY-GG-JRI -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.83 2005-11-03T05:00:00Z

ENGLISH The investigations will be carried out on the cretaceous outcrops (Aptiano superior-Albiano), Gustav Group, James Ross Island, Antarctic. The stratigraphic sequence and the fossiliferous ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_PICTA-33-2004-UPPER_CRETACEOUS_STRATIGRAPHY_JR_BASIN -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.83 2005-11-03T05:00:00Z

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. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_LATE_CRET-PALEO -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.83 2003-12-01T00:00:00Z 2004-12-30T00:00:00Z 2005-08-17T04:00:00Z

Project: LATE CRETACEOUS PALEOGENE > Biogeographic relationships between northern Antarctic Peninsula and southernmost South America during the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene. Project No.12 2002 -2004 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GLA_GLAF_ICE_CORES -57.675,-64.215,-57.675,-64.215 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2005-07-20T04:00:00Z

More than twenty years ago the Instituto Antartico Argentino initiated ice-cores studies in the Antarctic Peninsula. It also carried out the first work of this type in the Argentine central Andes. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_GUSTAV_GROUP_JRI -58.25,-63.83,-58.25,-63.83 2005-07-11T04:00:00Z

The Project finalized in 2004 and will be continued by the Project PICTA-17-2004 (years 2004-2007) The project work comprises the study of the Gustav Group exposed on James Ross Island and consists ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_PICTA-29-2004-LAGOS_ROSS -57.6167,-63.9,-57.6167,-63.9 2005-07-11T04:00:00Z

ENGLISH This multidisciplinary project is a continuation of the geological survey of the James Ross Basin, that for more than 15 years is been performed for some of the involved scientists. The project ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IAA009 -90.0,-80.0,-45.0,-60.0 2005-06-28T04:00:00Z

This micropaleontology data set from the Instituto Antartico Argentino Antarctic Data Base describes Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary fossil diatoms studied in the Larsen Basin.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_MICROPALEONTOL_DATA -90.0,-80.0,-45.0,-50.0 2005-06-24T04:00:00Z

Instituto Antartico Argentino Antarctic Data Base describes about 1,100 samples of calcareous nanoplankton from Antarctica (Larsen Basin) and South America (southernmost Patagonia). A bioestratigraphical ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_MICPALEO_DIATOM_DATA -90.0,-80.0,-45.0,-40.0 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2005-06-24T04:00:00Z

Instituto Antartico Argentino Antarctic Data Base describes about 3,000 samples of Mesozoic-Cenozoic diatoms obtained from sedimentary cores. Most of the diatoms indicate Holocene-Late Pleistocene ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_PALEOMAGNETICS_DATA -63.0,-66.0,-55.0,-63.0 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2005-06-24T04:00:00Z

This data set contains Ca. 390 samples of igneous and sedimentary rocks exposed in the Antarctic Peninsula, Larsen Basin region and James Ross Islands.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_PALEO_INVERTEBR_DATA -90.0,-80.0,-45.0,-60.0 2005-06-24T04:00:00Z

Instituto Antartico Argentino Antarctic Data Base describes 9,000 samples of Mesozoic-Cenozoic marine and neritic invertebrates from Larsen Basin, northwestern Weddell Sea.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_PALEO_VERTEBR_DATA -59.0,-65.0,-56.0,-63.0 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2005-06-24T04:00:00Z

Instituto Antartico Argentino vertebrate paleontology data includes about 5,200 bones of Cretaceous-Early Cenozoic marine and terrestrial vertebrates from Larsen Basin, northwestern Weddell Sea.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEOL_PALEONTOLOGY_JRB -57.767,-63.867,-57.767,-63.867 2001-12-20T00:00:00Z 2004-12-30T00:00:00Z 2005-06-16T04:00:00Z

This multidisciplinary project is included in the geological research performed during the last years on the James Ross Basin, Antarctica, by the IAA-DNA. According to this a 3 year working plan have ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_ISLA_DE_LOS_ESTADOS -74.97,-56.71,-51.76,-20.25 1995-05-01T00:00:00Z 1996-06-30T00:00:00Z 2005-02-07T05:00:00Z

PALEOCLIMATOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE LATE HOLOCENE ON ISLA DE LOS ESTADOS (STATEN ISLAND) Isla de los Estados is an important nexus betwen South America and Antarctica. A large amount of paleoclimatological ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_MIOCENE_PLIOCENE_JRI -57.454,-64.104,-57.454,-64.104 2004-09-09T04:00:00Z

Knowledge of the late Miocene - Pliocene climate of West Antarctica, recorded by sedimentary units within the James Ross Island Volcanic Group, is still fragmentary. Late Miocene glaciomarine deposits ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_CAPELAMB_GEOLOGICMAP -57.583,-63.883,-57.583,-63.883 2003-12-19T05:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_NEW_MOSASAUR -57.85,-63.917,-57.85,-63.917 2002-10-25T04:00:00Z

Mosasaurs were large predatory lizards that typically inhabited warm, epicontinental seas during the last 20 millon years of the Mesozoic Era. Evidence of their taxonomic diversity derives mainly ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_PALEOVERT_JRBASIN -56.57,-64.2,-56.32,-64.12 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2002-03-27T05:00:00Z

This data set consists of a collection of fossil vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants from the Lopez de Bertodano, Sobral, Cross Valley, and La Meseta Formations of Seymour Island, Antarctica.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_GEOPROFILES -60.0,-67.0,-56.0,-63.0 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2002-01-29T05:00:00Z

This data set contains stratigraphy data from the IAA Antarctic Data Base consisting of 194 Geological Profiles.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_SEYMOUR_SEDIMENTOL -56.57,-64.33,-54.53,-64.2 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2002-01-29T05:00:00Z

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 ...