Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-06-19T09:24:24Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 414 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_NVLR_2012_JW_01 2013-06-11T04:00:00Z

This entry is for the rock samples of Northern Victoria Land (NVL), Antarctica collected in 2012-13 austral summer season. The collection includes sedimentary rocks (sandstone, limestone, conglomerate, ...

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]GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00526 2013-04-05T04:00:00Z

LTMS will build on and extend BAS's past collection of long-term time-series of key environmental variables. Examples include the ongoing collection of the temperature record which shows that the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ANARE-98 77.962,-68.581,78.062,-68.542 1993-09-30T00:00:00Z 1994-03-31T00:00:00Z 2013-04-05T04:00:00Z

From the abstract of the referenced publication: Five possible runway sites have been proposed within 4 km of Davis on the northwestern part of Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. Most are on on thin, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00156 2013-03-22T04:00:00Z

Overview summary of the BAS geophysical datasets.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-11T05:00:00Z

The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSF-ANT10-39365 2009-08-28T00:00:00Z 2012-02-29T00:00:00Z 2013-02-01T05:00:00Z

This project studies the Permian-Triassic extinction event as recorded in sedimentary rocks from the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. Two hundred and fifty million years ago most life on Earth ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]dlb_APgeothermochron -69.5,-72.25,-56.5,-62.0 2013-01-24T05:00:00Z

This dataset consists of: (1) a suite of crystalline rocks (primarily granitoids & quartzites, with subordinate gneisses, schists, volcanic rocks, and mafic intrusive rocks) collected from the Antarctic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]dlb_LarsenBasin -58.25,-64.5,-56.5,-63.75 2013-01-24T05:00:00Z

This dataset consists of: (1) a suite of sedimentary rocks (primarily sandstones, with subordinate mudstones, conglomerates, glauconites and volcanic ashes) collected from Cretaceous through Paleogene ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]Heard_Geology_1948 73.5,-53.15,73.55,-53.05 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z 1948-07-20T00:00:00Z 2012-12-10T05:00:00Z

Taken from the scanned dataset: 1) Summary - Some observations on the geomorphology have been recorded. - Xenolithic ejectamenta collected from the tuffs of Rogers Head and Rogers Head Peninsula ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AVL_DML-BAS -21.0,-75.0,48.0,-64.0 2012-11-29T05:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_NVLR_2011_JW_01 158.1,-75.833,159.3,-75.733 2012-01-03T00:00:00Z 2012-01-13T00:00:00Z 2012-11-06T05:00:00Z

This entry is for the rock samples of Prince Albert Mountains, Antarctica collected in 2011-12 austral summer season. The collection includes volcanic rocks (basalt, dolerite, hyaloclasite, and tuff) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]Heard_data_snapshot_1901-2002 72.0,-54.0,73.0,-53.0 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-10-11T04:00:00Z

The CD was produced by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre for distribution to Heard Island expeditioners in the 2003/2004 season. The CD contained all publicly available data held by the Australian ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Polar_Rock_Repository -88.0,-88.0,-60.0,-60.0 2012-10-10T04:00:00Z

The Polar Rock Repository at Ohio State University is a national facility designed for the curatorial preservation and lending of rock samples from Polar Regions, along with associated materials such ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GEOCHEM_DATA_FER_LAR_IGN_PROV_TRAN_ANT_MOUNT 145.0,-87.0,123.0,-70.0 2012-09-07T04:00:00Z

The data set is for dolerite sills and dikes (Ferrar Dolerite), and basalt lava flows (Kirkpatrick Basalt). The dolerite data comes mainly from sill samples collected in the central Transantarctic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Ferrar_Province_Geochemical_Data_DHE_2012 145.0,-87.0,123.0,-70.0 2012-09-07T04:00:00Z

The data set is for dolerite sills and dikes (Ferrar Dolerite), and basalt lava flows (Kirkpatrick Basalt). The dolerite data come mainly from sill samples collected in the central Transantarctic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OPP0338279_MBL_FosdickMtns -157.0,-78.0,-140.0,-75.0 2012-08-23T04:00:00Z

GIS-based 3-D relational framework of geological and structural contacts, and geophysical provinces for a 16,000 km2 region ("3D geological map") of Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica. The resource ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSF-ANT08-38722 61.9,-73.7,75.08,-67.28 2009-06-15T00:00:00Z 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-10T04:00:00Z

Much of the inventory of East Antarctic bedrock geochronology, as well as a record of its erosional history, is preserved in Cenozoic sediments around its margin. This project is to use these sediments ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]AAS_3289 142.655,-67.008,142.657,-67.008 2010-10-31T00:00:00Z 2011-02-28T00:00:00Z 2012-07-31T04:00:00Z

Two samples were collected at Cape Denison (Permit no. ATEP 10-11-3289), both by Dr David Tingay (2010 - 2011 Mawson's Huts Foundation Expedition). Both samples were cleaned with water prior to RTA ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1150 57.215,-67.4666,59.5716,-66.91 1999-09-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-07-13T04:00:00Z

The nature of the data were lithological and structural geological mapping, in addition to the collection of relevant geological specimens. The quality of the data collected ranges from detailed form ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]AAD_Publications -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-30.0 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-06-19T04:00:00Z

This database is a catalogue for the list of publications held by the Australian Antarctic Division. The database is available online at the URL given below. In some cases, pdf downloads are available, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_177 61.5,-67.0,62.5,-66.0 1990-09-30T00:00:00Z 1997-03-31T00:00:00Z 2012-06-08T04:00:00Z

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 177 See the link below for public details on this project. From the abstracts of some of the referenced papers: The high-grade metamorphic rocks of the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]THF_SCSU2012_Ferrar_Geochemistry 145.0,-88.0,-123.0,-70.0 2008-11-15T00:00:00Z 2011-10-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-29T04:00:00Z

Data set includes whole-rock major and trace element chemical data for Ferrar Supergroup (Ferrar Dolerite, Kirkpatrick Basalt) rocks from the Transantarctic Mountains which were collected over several ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_2690 76.0046,-68.408,78.398,-68.0 2006-12-24T00:00:00Z 2007-03-02T00:00:00Z 2012-05-09T04:00:00Z

Metadata record for data expected ASAC Project 2690 See the link below for public details on this project. Relating ages, determined using the decay of radioactive elements in minerals, to geological ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NIPR_JARE_GEOLOGY -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.8322.0,-73.0,52.0,-67.0 1957-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-03-26T00:00:00Z 2012-04-04T04:00:00Z

List and locality map of rock samples collected by geologists of Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE)

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_2561 60.0,-70.0,70.0,-65.0 2004-10-01T00:00:00Z 2006-03-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-14T04:00:00Z

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2561 See the link below for public details on this project. The project aims to investigate the multidimensional sub-surface structures in the southern ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1215 73.37,-70.74,77.58,-60.17 2002-12-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-14T04:00:00Z

These data are gravity and magnetometer data collected as part of the PCMEGA (Prince Chrales Mountains Expedition of Germany and Australia) expedition of 2002/2003. An excerpt from the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_2936 110.48,-66.32,110.56,-66.24 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z 2011-03-31T00:00:00Z 2012-02-07T05:00:00Z

Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 2936. Public Antibiotic resistance is common in bacteria associated with humans. This characteristic is often used to identify sources of environmental ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Erebus_B-Be-Li 167.16,-77.5,167.16,-77.5 2012-01-31T05:00:00Z

A dataset of B, Be, and Li abundances, and Li and B isotopic ratios, for volcanic rocks from the McMurdo Volcanic Group, the Crary Mountains, and other intraplate volcanic centers, is available online ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CRP-3_authigenics 163.64,-77.011,163.64,-77.011 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z 2005-07-30T00:00:00Z 2012-01-31T05:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EOCENE_CLIMATE_SEYMOUR_IS -56.0,-64.0,-56.0,-64.0 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z 2000-04-28T00:00:00Z 2012-01-31T05:00:00Z

Geochemical composition of shells of the bivalve, Cucullaea from the La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Holocene_LGM_diamict_FeOxides -178.0,-78.15,179.0,-62.3 2012-01-30T05:00:00Z

This data set contains major and trace element abundance for individual iron oxide grains extracted from glacial-marine Antarctic sediment. Fe-oxides were picked from the 45-500 micron fraction of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EAM_dropstone_magnetics 2012-01-27T05:00:00Z

This data set contains paleomagnetic and rock magnetic properties of dropstones recovered in sediment cores and dredges along the East Antarctic Margin. Parameters include bulk susceptibility, natural ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_992 78.0,-68.5,78.5,-68.0 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-12-19T05:00:00Z

Quartz stone sublithic microbial communities and underlying soil, retrieved from the Vestfold Hills were investigated using a variety of traditional and molecular methods. Although direct epifluorescent ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]gov.noaa.ngdc.G00028 -180.0,-78.583,180.0,90.0 1885-04-01T00:00:00Z 2010-09-02T00:00:00Z 2011-12-02T05:00:00Z

ABSTRACT: The Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples, also known as the Core Curators Database, contains inventory and basic lithology, texture, and age information for samples archived ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_903 150.0,-55.0,165.0,-52.0 1995-09-30T00:00:00Z 1996-03-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-29T05:00:00Z

Owing to the fact that the principal investigstor died before data were able to be archived, the only available data are in the form of the referenced paper, which is available as a PDF download. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_143 162.0,-73.0,166.0,-71.0 1974-09-01T00:00:00Z 1975-03-31T00:00:00Z 1981-09-01T00:00:00Z 1982-03-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-29T05:00:00Z

Most of the material refers to northern Victoria Land and was collected over two summer seasons (1974-75 with NZARP and in 1981-82 as part of the International North Victoria Land Expedition which ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_258 70.0,-69.0,88.0,-48.0 1987-12-14T00:00:00Z 1988-02-21T00:00:00Z 2011-11-21T05:00:00Z

This data were collected as part of the Ocean Drilling Program. All data were collected on Leg 119. The cruise for Leg 119 began at Port Louis Harbor, Mauritius, and finished at the Port of Fremantle, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1 65.0,-73.0,69.0,-69.0 1989-09-30T00:00:00Z 1993-03-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-17T05:00:00Z

From the abstracts of some of the referenced papers: Megafloral remains recovered from the Jetty Member and the upper part of the Flagstone Bench Formation, Amery Group include Dicroidium and Pagiophyllum. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Minna_Bluff 2011-09-19T04:00:00Z

This award supports the study of lava, dome and hyaloclastite deposits from the 45 km long, 5 km wide, Minna Bluff volcanic peninsula located in the McMurdo Sound area of the southern Ross Sea. The ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSF-ANT05-36526 -136.0,-77.25,-110.0,-73.0 2006-08-01T00:00:00Z 2010-07-31T00:00:00Z 2011-08-11T04:00:00Z

This project uses geochemical studies to determine the origin of volcanic rocks from Marie Byrd Land (MBL), Antarctica. Surprisingly, adjacent volcanoes in the MBL have dramatically different compositions, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_2350 76.1,-69.6,76.4,-69.1 1997-01-27T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2003-11-16T00:00:00Z 2004-02-04T00:00:00Z 2011-07-29T04:00:00Z

This metadata record describes data collected as part of ASAC project 2350 - Boron in Antarctic granulite-facies rocks: under what conditions is boron retained in the middle crust? ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0113 0.0,-90.0,0.0,-90.0 1995-12-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-28T04:00:00Z

Micrometeorites dated between 1100 A.D. to 1500 A.D. were collected from the bottom of the South Pole Water Well in December 1995. Element analyses of 181 cosmic glass spherule and micrometeorite ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_2919 75.0,-81.5,77.0,-79.5 2007-09-30T00:00:00Z 2009-03-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-16T04:00:00Z

Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 2919 See the link below for public details on this project. Public Beneath the East Antarctic interior lies a great mountain range, the Gamburtsev ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FINNARP07_DIKES_MINERALCHEMISTRY 16.0,-74.0,13.0,-72.0 2007-11-31T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-06-14T04:00:00Z

Mineral chemical data (ion microprobe) for Karoo ferropicrites, meimechites and related dike rocks (western Dronning Maud Land) related to the PhD thesis of Jussi Heinonen. Analyses performed at the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FINNARP07_DIKES_ISOTOPES 16.0,-74.0,13.0,-72.0 2007-11-31T00:00:00Z 2009-02-05T00:00:00Z 2011-06-14T04:00:00Z

Isotopic whole-rock data (ICP-MS and TIMS) for ferropicrite, meimechite and basalt dike rocks from western Dronning Maud Land. Analyses performed at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FINNARP07_GEOLOGIC_FIELD_OBSERVATIONS 16.0,-74.0,13.0,-72.0 2007-11-31T00:00:00Z 2009-02-05T00:00:00Z 2011-06-14T04:00:00Z

Whole-rock geochemical data (XRF and ICP-MS) for dike rocks collected by post-graduate students Jussi Heinonen and Ilona Romu during 2007-2008 expedition at the Vestfjella mountain range (western ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FINNARP07_DIKES_WHOLE-ROCKDATA -16.0,-74.0,-13.0,-72.0 2007-11-31T00:00:00Z 2009-02-05T00:00:00Z 2011-06-14T04:00:00Z

Whole-rock geochemical data (XRF and ICP-MS) for dike rocks collected by post-graduate students Jussi Heinonen and Ilona Romu during FINNARP 2007-2008 expedition at the Vestfjella mountain range (western ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSF-ANT08-38729 -67.2,-70.0,165.0,-58.0 2009-06-15T00:00:00Z 2011-05-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-06T04:00:00Z

Much of the inventory of East Antarctic bedrock geochronology, as well as a record of its erosional history, is preserved in Cenozoic sediments around its margin. This project is to use these sediments ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]Heard_86-87_Report 73.5,-53.13,73.56,-53.07 1986-11-16T00:00:00Z 1987-01-21T00:00:00Z 2011-05-12T04:00:00Z

Heard Island Expedition, 16 November 1986 to 21 January 1987, report written by Rod Ledingham, Officer in Charge. Taken from the report: The 1986-87 expedition was the second in a series of three ...