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Geologic Record of Late Wisconsinan/Holocene Ice Sheet Advance and Retreat from the Ross Sea

Entry ID: NBP94NBP95

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Summary

Abstract: During 1994 and 1995 geophysical and core data sets were collected in
the Ross Sea from the R/V N. B. Palmer. The core data set consists of
piston and kasten cores which are archived at the FSU-Antarctic
Research Facility. High resolution seismic data and 3.5 kHz CHIRP
data are stored at Rice University.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -68.0

S: -80.0

E: -160.0

W: -170.0

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > ROSS SEA

Science Keywords

PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > RADIOCARBON

PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS

PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

OCEANS

Data Center

Department of Earth Science, Rice University

Data Center URL: http://earthscience.rice.edu/
Dataset ID: NBP94/NBP95

Data Center Personnel
Name: JULIA SMITH WELLNER Phone: 713 743 0214 Fax: 713 748 7906 Email: jwellner at uh.edu Contact Address: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston City: Houston Province or State: TX Postal Code: 77204 Country: USA