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Vegetation History and Environmental Change on Macquarie Island

Entry ID: ASAC_777

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Summary

Abstract: Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 777, Vegetation History and Environmental Change on Macquarie Island Studied by Analysing Present Vegetation and the Underlying Peat on Slopes Subject to Peat Slides.

See the link below for public details on this project.

This project provided funding for a PhD thesis, and all known publications ...

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: Public information for ASAC project 777

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -54.5

S: -54.7

E: 158.9

W: 158.7

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1994-09-01

Stop Date: 1996-03-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION COVER

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS > PEATLANDS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

Instrument

SEDIMENT CORERS

SOIL SAMPLER

Quality Dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only.

This metadata record has been edited and updated by staff at the Australian Antarctic Data Centre.

Access Constraints A pdf copy of some of the referenced papers are available for download from the provided url. Unfortunately no other data are available in digital form. Copies of the PhD thesis produced from this work are available for loan/viewing at the Macquarie University library, and the Australian Antarctic Division library.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at the provided URL when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

vegetation

peat

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 2,621 kb

Distribution Format: pdf

Fees: free

Personnel

JOHN PICKARD

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: john.pickard at bigpond.com

Country: Australia

JENNY SELKIRK-BELL

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Email: cbell at horizon.co.fk

DAVE CONNELL

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3244

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: dave.connell at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Publications/References

Pickard, J. and Selkirk, J.M. 1997 An improved hand corer sampler for peat. Palynology 21, 209-211.

Selkirk, J.M. (1996) Peat slides on subantarctic Macquarie Island Z. Geomorph. N.F. Suppl.-Bd. 105 61-72;

Adamson, D.A., Selkirk, J.M., Seppelt, R.D. (1993) Serpentinite, harzburgite, and vegetation on subantarctic Macquarie Island. Arctic and Alpine ...

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-08-07

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-07-26

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