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A reconstruction of the record of volcanic processes within the vent of a large and explosive basaltic eruption in the Mawson Formation in the Allan Hills

Entry ID: K061_2001_2002_NZ_2

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Summary

Abstract: The contact relationship between volcanic deposits and surrounding country rocks of the Beacon Supergroup are steep over a large area. Beyond the landslide deposits along the contact between Beacon country rock and Mawson volcaniclastic rocks lies the Mawson itself. An area in which the remains of a single vent of the vent complex was well exposed, on both steep and subhorizontal ground surfaces, ...

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Description: Information about the investigators project

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -78.73

S: -78.73

E: 159.65

W: 159.65

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2001-11-28

Stop Date: 2001-12-22

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Coombs Hills

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > VOLCANIC DEPOSITS

SOLID EARTH > GEOMAGNETISM > PALEOMAGNETISM

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

OCEANS

Project

DODS > Distributed Oceanographic Data System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

OPENDAP > Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol

Use Constraints NOAA and NODC would appreciate recognition as the resource from which
these data were obtained in any publications and/or other
representations of these data.

Ancillary Keywords

TEMPERATURE - WATER

SALINITY

Originating Center

Data Center

Ocean Climate Laboratory, National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NODC USER SERVICES Phone: 301-713-3277 Fax: 301-713-3302 Email: NODC.Services at noaa.gov Contact Address: National Oceanographic Data Center User Services Branch NOAA/NESDIS E/OC1 SSMC3, 4th Floor 1315 East-West Highway City: Silver Spring Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20910-3282 Country: USA

Personnel

SYDNEY LEVITUS

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: sydney.levitus at goaa.gov

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2002-09-18

Last DIF Revision Date: 2004-10-27

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