Global Change Master Directorygsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov502013-06-18T10:37:59Zamd Search: Parameters|SOLID EARTHhttp://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 1238 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_NVLR_2012_JW_01Rock samples of Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, 2012-13 season2013-06-11T04:00:00ZThis 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]KPDC_JBG_SD_2011JBG Seismic data, 2011-164.01028,-84.01028,-164.01028,-84.010282011-02-10T00:00:00Z2012-01-05T00:00:00Z2013-05-13T04:00:00ZObserving continuous seismic events including earthquake, ice quake, and volcanic activities, etc.http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_MCS_ANTARCTIC_2009Korea Seismic Line 2009-58.0,-61.5,-56.0,-60.52010-01-08T00:00:00Z2010-01-11T00:00:00Z2013-05-01T04:00:00ZKorea Seismic Line 2009, multi-channel seismic data, were collected during the 2009-2010 austral summer with RV JCR in the South Shetland Continental margin.http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_RC_Antarctic_2012Rock Corer2011-01-01T00:00:00Z2013-02-10T00:00:00Z2013-05-01T04:00:00ZUsing Rock Corer, rock samples collected from the Antarctic ridge can be used to major, rare earth elements analyses and isotopes analyses of ocean crust on the Antarctic ridge.
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_JASON_JURASSIC_TREESJurassic Trees at Jason Peninsula, Antarctica-61.53,-66.23,-61.42,-66.071988-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-04-22T04:00:00ZA 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]ErebusMount Erebus Seismic Data-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.832013-04-22T04:00:00ZThe seismic archive contains short-period and broadband data,
primarily from the summit region of Mount Erebus.
Online data from short-period and broadband data from 2000-present, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_JBG_SD_2012Continuous seismic data from KPSN@TNB in JBG, 2012-165.28972,-74.48658,-165.28972,-74.48658-164.73337,-74.23194,-164.73337,-74.23194-163.97078,-74.97078,-163.97078,-74.97078-164.69038,-74.3495,-164.69038,-74.3495-164.036,-74.644806,-164.036,-74.6448062012-01-01T00:00:00Z2012-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-04-19T04:00:00ZAbstract (English): We installed a new seismic station on the top of Mt. Melbourne (MtM) and moved TNB station to the better site in January 2012. This data set includes continuous seismic data observed ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_KSJ_SD_2012Seismic data in KSJ, 2012-58.783333,-62.216667,-58.783333,-62.2166672012-01-01T00:00:00Z2012-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-04-19T04:00:00ZContinuous data of a broadband seismometer installed in King Sejong Base for the period of 2012/1/1~2012/12/31.http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00526Antarctic Peninsula Long Term Environmental Monitoring and Surveying2013-04-05T04:00:00ZLTMS 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-98Geology of possible runway sites in the Davis region, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica77.962,-68.581,78.062,-68.5421993-09-30T00:00:00Z1994-03-31T00:00:00Z2013-04-05T04:00:00ZFrom 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-PDC-00518GEACEP-ISODYN: Icehouse Earth: Stability Or DYNamism?2013-03-29T04:00:00ZGEACEP will investigate the relationship between the evolution of Antarctic ice and the changing global environment over the last ~30 million years (My). We will do so through collecting and combining ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_2915Rates of depletion of lubricant and fuel contaminants from Antarctic regions during natural attenuation and remediation procedures110.0,-67.0,111.0,-66.02007-09-30T00:00:00Z2010-03-31T00:00:00Z2013-03-25T04:00:00ZMetadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 2915
See the link below for public details on this project.
Petroleum contamination poses a major threat to Antarctic and subantarctic ecosystems ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00156BAS Geophysical Data - Overview2013-03-22T04:00:00ZOverview summary of the BAS geophysical datasets.http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]GRAVITY_LD_WL_1967_1986_CSVGravity data collected from the Australian Antarctic Territory and subantarctic between 1967 and 1986110.0,-67.0,160.0,-38.01967-01-01T00:00:00Z1986-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-19T05:00:00ZGravity data collected from the Australian Antarctic Territory and subantarctic between 1967 and 1986. Data are mostly from the Casey region.
The download file contains a large number of csv files, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_2004EVICompendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI)-180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.01973-01-01T00:00:00Z2003-01-01T00:00:00Z2013-02-12T05:00:00ZThe 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 111 variables for 235 countries and territories. This index ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01973-01-01T00:00:00Z2005-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-11T05:00:00ZThe 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?[AADC]ASAC_1163_field_lab_booksCopies of field and lab books associated with ASAC project 1163 - Remediation of petroleum contaminants in the Antarctic and subantarctic62.0,-70.0,111.0,-42.01993-10-01T00:00:00Z2012-03-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-08T05:00:00ZThese are the electronic scanned copies of the lab and field books used for ASAC (AAS) project 1163 (Remediation of petroleum contaminants in the Antarctic and subantarctic) between 1999 and 2012. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM03Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM0370.332,-70.561,70.333,-70.562005-12-13T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-02-05T05:00:00ZAmery Ice Shelf AM03 borehole drilled mid-December 2005. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM03_videoAmery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM03 - video footage70.332,-70.561,70.333,-70.562005-12-13T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-02-05T05:00:00ZAmery Ice Shelf AM03 borehole drilled mid-December 2005. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM04Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM0470.29,-69.9,70.3,-69.892006-01-10T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-02-05T05:00:00ZAmery Ice Shelf AM04 borehole drilled mid-January 2006. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM04_videoAmery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM04 - video footage70.29,-69.9,70.3,-69.892006-01-10T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-02-05T05:00:00ZAmery Ice Shelf AM04 borehole drilled mid-January 2006. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM05Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2009-11 - AM0569.6805,-70.2292,69.6805,-70.22922009-12-19T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-02-05T05:00:00ZAmery Ice Shelf AM05 borehole drilled mid-December 2009. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM06Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2010-11 - AM0671.3679,-70.2428,71.3679,-70.24282010-01-07T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-02-05T05:00:00ZAmery Ice Shelf AM06 borehole drilled early January 2010. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSF-ANT10-39365The Permian-Triassic Transition in Antarctica: Evaluating the Rates and Variability of Carbon Isotope Fluctuations in Terrestrial Organic Matter2009-08-28T00:00:00Z2012-02-29T00:00:00Z2013-02-01T05:00:00ZThis 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_APgeothermochronCrystalline rocks of the Antarctic Peninsula-69.5,-72.25,-56.5,-62.02013-01-24T05:00:00ZThis 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_LarsenBasinSedimentary rocks of Larsen basin-58.25,-64.5,-56.5,-63.752013-01-24T05:00:00ZThis 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?[GCMD]NSF-ANT08-38973Polenet East: An International Seismological Network for East Antarctica40.0,-84.0,140.0,-76.02009-09-01T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T00:00:00Z2013-01-22T05:00:00ZThe high elevations of East Antarctica are critical in localizing the initial Cenozoic glaciation and stabilizing it with respect to melting during warm interglacials. However, the geological history ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]AAGNThe Australian Antarctic Geodetic Network45.0,-90.0,160.0,-60.01954-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-01-22T05:00:00ZThe Australian Antarctic Geodetic Network (AAGN) consists of geodetic positions (latitudes and longitudes) of permanent survey marks on stable rock. The positions are computed from a network of older ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSF-ANT08-38934Polenet East: An International Seismological Network for East Antarctica28.0,-84.5,122.0,-78.02009-09-01T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T00:00:00Z2013-01-10T05:00:00ZThe high elevations of East Antarctica are critical in localizing the initial Cenozoic glaciation and stabilizing it with respect to melting during warm interglacials. However, the geological history ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]survey_1978-79_MacRobertsonSurvey Report - Australian Antarctic Territory MacRobertson Land Control Station Summaries - Horizontal and vertical control stations visited by B.A. Murphy during the 1978-79 summer season62.35,-68.1,62.9,-67.61979-01-01T00:00:00Z1979-02-28T00:00:00Z2013-01-07T05:00:00ZSurvey Report - Australian Antarctic Territory MacRobertson Land Control Station Summaries - Horizontal and vertical control stations visited by B.A. Murphy during the 1978-79 summer season.
The ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]survey_1978_CaseySurvey Report - Casey Station, Antarctica, 1978 - by Peter Quinn110.4,-66.4,110.6,-66.21978-01-10T00:00:00Z1979-02-20T00:00:00Z2013-01-07T05:00:00ZSurvey report for Casey Station, 1978, by Peter Quinn.
Taken from the survey report:
Purpose:
- To provide survey expertise for the Glaciology Traverses south of Casey.
- To do survey work for the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]survey_1979_CaseySurvey Report - Casey Station, Antarctica, 1979 - by JC Sutton110.4,-66.4,110.6,-66.21979-01-10T00:00:00Z1980-02-14T00:00:00Z2013-01-07T05:00:00ZSurvey report for Casey Station, 1979, by the wintering senior technical officer, JC Sutton.
Taken from the survey report:
Purpose:
- Provision of site details for proposed building program
- Extension ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]survey_1982_CaseySurvey Report - Casey Station, Antarctica, 1982 - by RW Goldsworthy110.4,-66.4,110.6,-66.21982-01-25T00:00:00Z1983-01-23T00:00:00Z2013-01-07T05:00:00ZSurvey report for Casey Station, 1982, by the wintering technical officer, RW Goldsworthy.
Taken from the survey report:
To provide survey and navigation support for the Glaciology program. To ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]survey_1983_CaseySurvey Report - Casey Station, Antarctica, 1983 - by Peter James110.4,-66.4,110.6,-66.21983-01-15T00:00:00Z1984-01-08T00:00:00Z2013-01-07T05:00:00ZSurvey report for Casey Station, 1983, by wintering technical officer Peter James.
Taken from the survey report:
Summer Program
A detailed program of measurements was made on the Vanderford Glacier, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]survey_1984_CaseySurvey Report - Casey Station, Antarctica, 1984 - by James Clarke110.4,-66.4,110.6,-66.21984-01-16T00:00:00Z1985-02-28T00:00:00Z2013-01-07T05:00:00ZSurvey report for Casey Station, 1984, by the wintering technical officer, James Clarke.
Taken from the survey report:
To provide survey and navigation support for the International Antarctic Glaciological ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]survey_1985_CaseySurvey Report - Casey Station, Antarctica, 1985 - by G.B. Lawrence110.4,-66.4,110.6,-66.21984-12-30T00:00:00Z1986-03-01T00:00:00Z2013-01-07T05:00:00ZSurvey report for Casey Station, 1985, by wintering technical officer G.B. Lawrence.
Taken from the survey report:
Projected Summer Program
It is proposed to accurately survey the bedrock in the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]survey_1981_CaseySurvey Report - Casey, Antarctica 1981, by GW Petschack110.4,-66.4,110.6,-66.21981-01-09T00:00:00Z1982-02-20T00:00:00Z2013-01-07T05:00:00ZSurvey report for Casey Station, 1981, by the wintering surveyor, GW Petschack.
Taken from the survey report:
Details
During the 1981 changeover period conduct such survey work as is necessary toward ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ant_seafloor_geomorphAntarctic wide seafloor geomorphology-180.0,-77.0,180.0,-60.02009-07-21T00:00:00Z2009-07-21T00:00:00Z2012-12-20T05:00:00ZPublicly available bathymetry and geophysical data can be used to map geomorphic features of the Antarctic continental margin and adjoining ocean basins at scales of 1:1-5 million. These data can ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSF-ANT07-39781Thermochronologic and modelling test for a Mesozoic West Antarctic Plateau155.77667,-80.43833,160.09833,-79.7933352008-09-01T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T00:00:00Z2012-12-11T05:00:00ZThis project studies formation of the TransAntarctic Mountains (TAM) through numerical modeling based on cooling histories of apatite mineral grains. The TAM are the highest and longest rift-related ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]Heard_Geology_1948Geological Observations of Heard Island - 194873.5,-53.15,73.55,-53.051948-01-01T00:00:00Z1948-07-20T00:00:00Z2012-12-10T05:00:00ZTaken 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-BASGeochemistry of Vestfjella flood basalts-21.0,-75.0,48.0,-64.02012-11-29T05:00:00ZData 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?[AADC]enderby_tellurometer_1978Tellurometer Readings in Enderby Land, 1976 and 197854.0,-69.0,63.0,-68.01976-01-08T00:00:00Z1978-01-27T00:00:00Z2012-11-29T05:00:00ZTellurometer readings were taken over a series of sites in Enderby Land in 1976, and then remeasured in 1978. Temperature, barometric pressure and relative humidity readings were also taken at most ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSF-ANT08-38914Rift Mechanisms and Thermal Regime of the Lithosphere across Beardmore Glacier Region, Central Transantarctic Mountains, from Magnetotelluric Measurements141.01732,-84.34835,179.94691,-82.132009-09-01T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T00:00:00Z2012-11-13T05:00:00ZThe investigators will examine competing hypotheses for the mechanism of extension and creation of the Transantarctic Mountains, and evolution of the thermal regimes of rifted West Antarctica and ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_NVLR_2011_JW_01Rock samples of Prince Albert Mountains, Antarctica, 2011-12 season158.1,-75.833,159.3,-75.7332012-01-03T00:00:00Z2012-01-13T00:00:00Z2012-11-06T05:00:00ZThis 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]ASAC_3043Testing a Kerguelen Plateau hotspot trace hypothesis72.5,-53.05,72.7,-53.032008-07-01T00:00:00Z2009-06-30T00:00:00Z2012-11-05T05:00:00ZMetadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 3043.
Public
McDonald Island is the southern end of a line of submerged islands (seamounts) evenly spaced, similar to the Hawaiian chain. Here, the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]survey_2010-11Survey report 2010/11 summer season Geoscience Australia Authors - Ryan Ruddick, Sam Griffiths and Nicholas Brown / Geoscience63.87,-74.4,66.77,-72.5574.03,-73.1,75.58,-72.22100.45,-66.37,101.17,-66.0777.78,-68.68,78.62,-68.368.08,-70.88,68.53,-70.5275.95,-69.48,76.42,-69.3362.85,-67.62,62.88,-67.6158.93,-54.5,158.95,-54.482010-09-30T00:00:00Z2011-03-31T00:00:00Z2012-10-22T04:00:00ZExecutive Summary from the report:
Geoscience Australia's involvement in Antarctica has primarily been focused on the maintenance and enhancement of geodetic infrastructure within the Australian Antarctic ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]Kerg_Heard_Plateau_Under_Sea_GeomorphologyKerguelen-Heard Island region - Mapping Under Sea Geomorphology68.0,-56.0,80.0,-48.02008-02-01T00:00:00Z2010-11-30T00:00:00Z2012-10-18T04:00:00ZThe geomorphology was digitised using contours derived from the DEM created by Dr. R. Beaman from James Cook University for Geoscience Australia.
The data, the metadata record and the report related ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]Heard_data_snapshot_1901-2002A CD snapshot of Heard Island data from 1901-2002 held by the AADC72.0,-54.0,73.0,-53.01901-01-01T00:00:00Z2002-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-10-11T04:00:00ZThe 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?[AADC]ASAC_1318Tectonic, magmatic and hydrothermal evolution of ocean floor spreading at Macquarie Island158.0,-54.0,159.0,-54.02001-08-01T00:00:00Z2003-03-31T00:00:00Z2012-10-11T04:00:00ZMacquarie Island offers a rare land-based cross-section through the deep ocean floor, which covers 60% of our Earth. It formed 11 million years ago as slow spreading crust, which has had minimal study ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Polar_Rock_RepositoryPolar Rock Repository-88.0,-88.0,-60.0,-60.02012-10-10T04:00:00ZThe 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 ...