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Record Search Query: [Location: Location_Category='CONTINENT', Location_Type='ANTARCTICA', Detailed_Location='WRIGHT VALLEY']
Rb-Sr dating of Asgard Formation rocks from the Lower Wright Valley and Victoria Valley to determine the age of the oldest basement rocks in the Ross Dependency
Entry ID: K231_1985_1986_NZ_1

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Summary
Abstract: A programme was conducted to determine the age of the oldest basement rocks in the Ross Dependency. The Asgard Formation in the Dry Valleys is a series of metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that form the oldest basement in this sector of the Transantarctic Mountains. Two weeks were spent in the Lower Wright Valley (near the Meserve Glacier Hut) and Victoria Valley (near Lake Vida) covering on foot ... View entire text
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -77.25   S: -77.6   E: 163.0   W: 161.75

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1985-10-31
Stop Date: 1985-11-13
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES Parameter Definition
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > HEXAPODS > INSECTS Parameter Definition
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Data Center
Canada Regional Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.marinebiodiversity.ca/OBISCanada

Data Center Personnel
Name: OBIS CANADA ADMINISTRATION
Email: OBISCanada at dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Contact Address:
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 1006
City: Dartmouth
Province or State: Nova Scotia
Postal Code: B2Y 4A2
Country: Canada
Distribution
Distribution Media: HTTP
Distribution Format: OBIS Schema
Fees: None
Personnel
LESLIE PEZZACK
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +01-902-424-3385
Fax: +01-902-424-0560
Email: pezzacle at gov.ns.ca
Contact Address:
1747 Summer St.
City: Halifax
Province or State: Nova Scotia
Postal Code: B3H 3A6
Country: Canada
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2005-11-25
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-06-27

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