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Pleistocene sedimentary deposits on subantarctic Macquarie Island: Contribution to IGBP-Pages Pole Equator Pole Transect II
Entry ID: ASAC_904

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Summary
Abstract: Macquarie Island is an emergent part of the Macquarie Ridge Complex composed of ocean-floor rocks of Miocene age now 4000 m above the ocean floor. Anumber of landforms, including palaeobeaches now above sea level (a.s.l.) on Macquarie Island, were formed by marine erosion during uplift of the island. During the last Pleistocene period of low sea level (c. 20 ka) the island was three times larger ... View entire text
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -54.0   S: -55.0   E: 159.0   W: 158.0
Min Altitude: 0 M Max Altitude: 263 M

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1995-09-30
Stop Date: 1996-03-31
Paleo Temporal Coverage
Paleo Start Date: 340 ka
Paleo Stop Date: 172 ka
Chrono Unit:
PHANEROZOIC  >  CENOZOIC  >  QUATERNARY  >  PLEISTOCENE
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Supplemental Info
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: 3094 kb
Distribution Format: pdf
Fees: free
Personnel
PATRICIA SELKIRK
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: +61 2 9850 8144
Fax: +61 2 9850 8245
Email: pselkirk at rna.bio.mq.edu.au
Contact Address:
Macquarie University
Department of Biological Sciences
City: Sydney
Province or State: New South Wales
Postal Code: 2109
Country: Australia
Publications/References
Adamson, D.A., Selkirk, P.M., Price, D.M., Ward, N., Selkirk, J.M. (1996), Pleistocene uplift and palaeoenvironments of Macquarie Island: Evidence from palaeobeaches and sedimentary deposits, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 130, 2, 25-32
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2000-08-08
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-11-29

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