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1. Geology of new locatilies on Tabarin Peninsula, Northern Antarctic Peninsula [CDA_AR_GEO_TABARIN_LOCALITIES]
New outcrops of the Hope Bay Formation and Larsen Basin rocks have been exposed by the recent ice retreat on Tabarin Peninsula, Northern Antarctic Peninsula. Quartzose, very low-grade metasedimentary ...


2. Topographic Mapping of Potter Peninsula [CDA_AR_GEO_MAP-POTTER]
The Dallmann Geological Project: "Geological mapping of Potter Peninsula". Elaboration of a newly actualized geological map of Potter Peninsula, using sub-meter GPS techniques. All topographic, geologic ...


3. ANTARCTIC PERMAFROST AND CLIMATE CHANGE-PICTO 36155-2005 [CDA_AR-ANTARCTICPERMAFROSTANDCLIMATECHANGUE-PICTO36155-2005]
ENGLISH The project is aimed at enhanced knowledge of the present morphology and structure of Antarctic permafrost and the interpretation of the permafrost evolution and the cryogenic processes and ...


4. CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE OF SOUTHERN PATAGONIA: MAIN BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC EVENTS -PICT7-32320 [CDA_AR-CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE_OF_SOUTHERN_PATAGONIA_MAIN_BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC_EVENTS]
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 ...


5. Patagonia-Antarctic Peninsula: Clues to a Lost Connection [CDA_AR-Patagonia-AntarcticPeninsula-CluestoaLostConnection-PIC7-30785]
ENGLISH: This project will allow the adjustment of the ages of the Paleogene marine transgressions between 65 and 23 My in southern Patagonia and the northern Antarctic Peninsula, therefore providing ...


6. ICE-CLIMATE INTERACTIONS AND GLACIER DYNAMICS ON ANTARCTIC PENINSULA AND SOUTHERN PATAGONIA-INTERACCIÓN HIELO-CLIMA Y DINÁMICA DE GLACIARES EN PENÍNSULA ANTÁRTICA Y PATAGONIA AUSTRAL [CDA_AR-ICE-CLIMATE_INTERACTION-GLACIER_DYNAMICS-ANTARCTIC_PENINSULA-SOUTHERN_P]
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 ...


7. VOLCANISM RELATED TO THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC TRINITY PENINSULA GROUP, NORTHERN EXTREME OF ANTARCTIC PENINSULA. VOLCANISMO RELACIONADO AL GRUPO TRINITY PENINSULA DEL PÉRMICO-TRIÁSICO, EXTREMO NORTE DE LA PENÍNSULA ANTÁRTICA [CDA_AR-VOLCANISM_RELATED_TO_THE_PERMIAN-TRIASSIC_TRINITY_PENINSULA_GROUP-PICTA2]
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. ...


8. CRETACEOUS - PALEOGENE VERTEBRATES FROM THE JAMES ROSS BASIN, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA: EVOLUTION AND BIOGEOGRAPHY [CDA_AR_PICTA-23-2004-PALAEO-VERT]
ENGLISH Latest Cretaceous-Paleogene sedimentary sequences in the James Ross Basin, Antarctica contains a unique record of marine and terrestrial vertebrates that documents ...


9. GEOLOGY OF LIVINGSTON AND HALF MOON ISLANDS, SOUTH SHETLAND, ANTARCTICA [CDA_AR_PICTA-22-2004-GEOLOGY-LIVINGSTON-HALF_MOON]
ENGLISH Most of the geological features described for the South Shetlands are sustained on isolated and scattered information (except for King George Island). The goal expected in this project is ...


10. Geochronology Data for the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands from the Instituto Antartico Argentino [CDA_AR_GEO_GEOCHRONOLOGY_DATA]
This data set contains geochronology data from the Instituto Antartico Argentino Antarctic Data Base consisting of about 700 K-Ar and Rb-Sr isotopic age determinations on igneous rocks from the Antarctic ...


11. The Ordovician System in Antarctica [CDA_AR_GEO_ORDOVICIAN_SYSTEM]
Ordovician rocks were recognized in the Trans Antarctic Mountains, Ross Orogen, inside the sector claimed by Argentina, and close to this area, in the Ellsworth Mountains. In the Trans Antarctic Mountains, ...


12. MESOZOIC AND CENOZOIC MICROPALEONTOLOGY OF THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEASTERN SECTOR OF ANTARCTIC PENINSULA: THEIR PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC CONNECTIONS WITH MIDDLE AND HIGH LATITUDES ASSOCIATIONS [CDA_AR_MICROPALEO_PICTA-16-2004]
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 ...


13. Coastal Ecology, Antarctica [ANTARTICA_JCADM_DNA_COAST_ECOL]
This project is being carried out through an agreement between the Argentine Antarctic Institute (IAA); the University of Mar del Plata, Argentina; Navy Hydrographic Survey, Argentina; University ...


14. PENICILLIUM OCCURRENCE IN ANTARCTIC SOIL IN THE SURROUNDING OF BASE JUBANY. ISOLATION OF MYCOTOXIN-PRODUCING STRAINS [CDA_AR_MICROBIOLOGY_PROJECT_PENICILLIUM_ANTARCTIC_SOIL_CAV-JUBANY-2000]
Occurrence of the Genus in Potter Peninsula, especially mycotoxin-producing strains. Relations between strains isolated from the soil and those from spoiled food at Jubany Base and nearby shelters. ...


15. ECOLOGICAL REGIONAL PARTITIONING OF POTTER PENINSULA [CDA_AR-TERRESTRIAL_ECOLOGY_PROJECT_CAV-JUBANY-2000]
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY PROJECT. Ecological characterization of Potter peninsula and land partitioning, using a landscape analysis approach. Description and characterization of the identified natural ...


16. Geocryological and Paleoclimatic Conditions, Engineering Design and Construction on Anthropogenic Area of Marambio Island [CDA_AR_FROZEN_GROUND_MARAMBIO_I]
English: Project No 17 2002-2004 The Marambio Island (Seymour) is situated in the continuous permafrost zone of the Antarctic Peninsula. The ground conditions at this island determinate the existence ...


17. IPY-132-CANADA #186-POLAR BIOREM-BIORESTORATION OF CONTAMINATED SOILS AND SEDIMENTS NEAR SCIENTIFIC STATIONS IN POLAR REGIONS [CDA_AR-IPY-132_POLAR_BIOREM]
PROJECT CANADA #186 FOR IPY: WITH THE COLLABORATION OF FRANCE AND ARGENTINE SCIENTIST Arctic: June 2007 to August 2008 Antarctic: December 2006 to April 2008 Scientific ...


18. IPY-568 CRITICAL REVISION OF GONDWANA BREAKUP (GONDWANA GGPP) [CDA_AR-IPY-568_GONDWANA_GGPP]
PROYECTO ARGENTINO There are many controversial ideas about how Gondwana broke up with different rigid plate models that include a variety of proposed segmentations for the South American continent ...


19. AQUARIUM PROJECT [CDA_AR_BIO_INST-03-2004-AQUARIUM_PROJECT]
ENGLISH This Project aims to upgrade the maintenance of living specimens from small scale systems allow the ability to guarantee a supply in acceptable quantities and time of experimental material ...


20. BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF EPIPHYTIC ALGAE ON MOSSES FROM LAKES AT POTTER PENINSULA (SHETLAND DEL SUR, ANTARTIDA) [CDA_AR_PICTA-07-2004-BIODIVERSITY_AND_ECOLOGY_EPIPHYTIC_ALGAE_ON_MOSSES]   PARENT DIF
This Project is a part of the Framework Project: BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY ON ANTARCTIC CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENTS' ALGAE This project continues the one initiated by our research group in 1989, on ...


21. DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF SOIL MICROALGAL COMMUNITIES IN MARITIME ANTARCTICA [CDA_AR_PICTA-06-2004_SOIL_MICROALGAL_COMMUNITIES]   PARENT DIF
This Project is a part of the Framework Project: BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY ON ANTARCTIC CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENTS' ALGAE This project aims to study the diversity and ecology of different algal communities ...


22. DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF SOIL MICROALGAL COMMUNITIES IN MARITIME ANTARCTICA - PICTA FRAMEWORK PROJECT 2004-2007 [CDA_AR_PICTA-FRAMEWORK-PROJECT-SOIL_MICROALGAL_COMMUNITIES]   CHILD DIFs
This Framework Project joint 3 subprojects: DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF SOIL MICROALGAL COMUNITIES IN MARITIME ANTARCTICA Director Dra. Maria Gabriela Mataloni (PICTA 06 2004-2007) BIODIVERSITY AND ...


23. UPPER APTIAN TO UPPER ALBIAN BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE GUSTAV GROUP. AN INTEGRATED STUDY OF THE SEQUENCE EXPOSED IN THE JAMES ROSS ISLAND, ANTARCTICA [CDA_AR_PICTA-17-2004-BIOSTRATIGRAPHY-GG-JRI]
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 ...


24. UPPER CRETACEOUS STRATIGRAPHY OF JAMES ROSS BASIN, ANTARCTICA [CDA_AR_PICTA-33-2004-UPPER_CRETACEOUS_STRATIGRAPHY_JR_BASIN]
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. ...


25. Data from the Argentinian Antarctic Evironment Programme, Coastal Oceanographic Group [ANTARTIC_JCADM_DNA_OCEANENVIR]
This multidisciplinary project was carried out through an agreement between the Argentine Antarctica Institute (IAA) and the National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina. ...


26. Biogeographic relationships between northern Antarctic Peninsula and southernmost South America during the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene. Project No. 12 2002 - 2004 [CDA_AR_LATE_CRET-PALEO]   PARENT DIF
Project: LATE CRETACEOUS PALEOGENE > Biogeographic relationships between northern Antarctic Peninsula and southernmost South America during the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene. Project No.12 2002 -2004 ...


27. Climatic and Environmental Studies by Means of Ice Cores [CDA_AR_GLA_GLAF_ICE_CORES]
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. ...


28. Biostratigraphy and Paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous in James Ross Island. Project No. 13 2002-2004 [CDA_AR_GEO_GUSTAV_GROUP_JRI]
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 ...


29. GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF THE JAMES ROSS BASIN [CDA_AR_PICTA-29-2004-LAGOS_ROSS]
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 ...


30. Paleomagnetics Data for the Antarctic Peninsula, Larsen Basin, and James Ross Islands from the Instituto Antartico Argentino [CDA_AR_GEO_PALEOMAGNETICS_DATA]
This data set contains Ca. 390 samples of igneous and sedimentary rocks exposed in the Antarctic Peninsula, Larsen Basin region and James Ross Islands.


31. Sedimentology Data for Seymour Island, Antarctic Penninsula from the Instituto Antartico Argentino [CDA_AR_GEO_SEDIMENTOLOGY_DATA]
This sedimentoloy data is a collection of approximately 450 granulometric analyses of samples from 22 geological sections from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. The data comes from the Instituto ...


32. The Permafrost in the Antarctic Peninsula [IAA_PREDIF_OO1]
Since 1990, the joint Argentine (Instituto Antarctico Argentino, IAA), Japanese (Institute of Low Temperature Science, ILTS), and, recently, Italian (Third University of Rome) group "Criologia" has ...


33. The Permafrost in the Antarctic Peninsula [CDA_AR_GEO_PREDIF_PERMFROS_DATA]
Since 1990, the joint Argentine (Instituto Antarctico Argentino, IAA), Japanese (Institute of Low Temperature Science, ILTS), and, recently, Italian (Third University of Rome) group "Criologia" has ...


34. Geology and palaeontology of the James Ross Basin. Project No. 4 2002-2004 [CDA_AR_GEOL_PALEONTOLOGY_JRB]
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 ...


35. Late Pleistocene paleolakes in Andean and Extra-Andean Patagonia at mid-latitudes of South America [CDA_AR_GEO_PATAGONIA_PALEOLAKES]   PARENT DIF
Late Pleistocene paleolakes on the eastern side of Andes (glacial lakes) and in the Patagonian Steppe (pluvial lakes)along 41?S latitude were studied. Natural Dams (glaciers, moraines) that maintained ...


36. Early and middle Holocene fossil-bearing marine sediments from Potter Peninsula, King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica) [CDA_AR_GEO_PINGFO_II]   CHILD DIFs
Holocene sections composed of marine sediments and glacial as well as alluvial fan deposits are exposed on the coasts of Potter Peninsula, King George Island/Isla 25 de Mayo, South Shetland Islands ...


37. Cryology Data from Automatic Recording Stations on James Ross Island, Antarctica [CDA_AR_CRIOLOGY_DATA]   CHILD DIFs
The data includes air, soil, and basement temperatures from various automatic recording stations in Antarctica.


38. Air Temperature Conditions and Climatic-Geomorphological Characteristics of James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula [CDA_AR_GEO_J.ROSS_CLIMATOLOGY]
Air temperature observations were carried out in Riscos Rink, James Ross Island during 1995 and 1996. Mean annual air temperature, and freezing and thawing indices in 1996 were -6.8 degrees C, 274 ...


39. Glaciological Studies on Vega Island [CDA_AR_GEO_GLAF_VEGA_ISLAND]
Field activities for the 1999/2000 summer campaign: Glaciology Group: a) Stake network surveying and computation of net balamce, ice velocities and ice deformation in selected places of Vega Island, ...


40. Subfossil avian assemblages and marine invertebrates found within marine deposits help to reconstruct Holocene environmental history at Potter Peninsula [CDA_AR_GEO_PINGFO]   PARENT DIF
Holocene marine invertebrates and subfossil avian assemblages were found within marine deposits elevated 1.17-16.7 m a.s.l. on the coasts of Potter Peninsula, King George Island. Early Holocene Laternula ...


41. Age and environment of Miocene - Pliocene glaciomarine deposits, James Ross Island, Antarctica [CDA_AR_GEO_MIOCENE_PLIOCENE_JRI]
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 ...


42. Climatic and Environmental Studies by Means of Ice Cores [CDA_AR_GLAF_ICE_CORES]
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. ...


43. Geotechnical survey carried out on the top plateau of Marambio Island [CDA_AR_MARAMBIO_RUNWAY_SURVEY]
Here are submitted the results of a geotechnical survey carried out on the top plateau of Marambio (Seymour) Island, where Marambio base and its runway are located. The present runway frequently shows ...


44. Cryology Data from Lachman Hornfels, James Ross Island, Permafrost Monitoring Station [CDA_AR_CRIOLOGY_LACHMAN_HORNFEL]   PARENT DIF
Since 2000, air, soil and basement temperatures have been recorded at specified intervals with soil and basement temperatures measured to 8 m in depth.


45. Hydrocarbon biodegradation by psychrotrophic bacteria Project 42 2002-2004 [CDA_AR_BIO_PSYCHROTROPHIC_BACT]
English Project 42 2002-2004 The aim of this project is to continue with the study of psychrotrophic bacteria able to degrade hydrocarbons and to evaluate their potential application in bioremediation ...


46. Cryology Data from Riscos Tumbledown, James Ross Island, Permafrost Monioring Station [CDA_AR_CRIO_RISCOS_TUMBLEDOWN]   PARENT DIF
Since 2001, the Riscos Tumbledown Permafrost Monitoring Station on James Ross Island has been measuring:: - Air temperature; - Soil temperature; and - Basement temperature to 2m in depth.


47. Geodetic Data from the San Martin Base Automatic Recording Station (Smrt), Antarctica [CDA_AR_GEODESY_ARS_SAN_MARTIN]   PARENT DIF
Ongoing GPS Monitoring at San Martin Base, Antarctica, as part of research conducted by the Instituto Antartico Argentino (IAA) in cooperation with Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany.


48. Cryology Data at Riscos Rink, James Ross Island, Permafrost Monitoring Station [CDA_AR_CRIOLOGY_RISCOS_RINK_JRI]   PARENT DIF
Since 1995, the "Riscos Rink" Permafrost Monitoring Automatic Recorder Station has been recording: Air temperature Soil temperature Basement temperature on the active area of permafrost ...


49. Cryology Data from Lachman Costa, James Ross Island, Permafrost Monitoing Station [CDA_AR_CRIOLOGY_LACHMAN_COSTA]   PARENT DIF
Since 1995, the "Lachman Costa", JRI. Permafrost Monitoring Station, positioned at 8 m height, has been gathering the following data: Air temperature; Soil temperature; and Basement ...


50. Data from the "MARAMBIO VOR" Permafrost Monitoring Automatic Recorder Station [CDA_AR_CRIOLOGY_MARAMBIO_VOR]   PARENT DIF
Since 1992, "MARAMBIO VOR" Permafrost Monitoring Automatic Recorder Station has been recording: Air temperature; Soil temperature; and Basement temperature down to 10 meters in depth.


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