GCMD

Summary

Abstract: To measure how quickly soils respond to oil spills, JP5 jet fuel was spilled onto contained soil cores at Scott Base. 105 PVC soil cores (10 cm x 30 cm deep) capped at the bottom sitting in plastic containers were embedded in soil near Scott Base level with the ground surface and filled with soil from disturbed areas around Scott Base. The tubes were left over winter. The following summer 60 ml of ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -77.85

S: -77.85

E: 166.75

W: 166.75

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: New Zealand Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences

Dataset Title: Mineral Resources of New Zealand

Dataset Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences

Online Resource: http://www.gns.cri.nz/index.html

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > NEW ZEALAND

Science Keywords

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > LAKES

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > RIVERS/STREAMS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Project

OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE

Quality As the dataset is compiled from publications, most of the records are located in the centre of Kenya.

Access Constraints None.

Use Constraints Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing databases in the form
appearing in the 'Citation' field thereof (if any); and acknowledge the use of
the OBIS facility.

For information purposes, email to obissupport@marine.rutgers.edu the full
citation of any publication made (printed or electronic) that cites OBIS or any
constituent part.

Recognize the limitations of data in OBIS.

Ancillary Keywords

Acanthasteridae

Acanthoclinidae

Data Center

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

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

Data Center Personnel
Name: REBECCA LINDSEY Phone: (304) 574-0628 Email: rebecca.lindsey at noaa.gov

Publications/References

Frost, G.V., Epstein, H.E., Walker, D.A., Matyshak, G., and Ermokhina, K. (2011), Patterned-ground facilitates conversion of tundra to shrubland in the northwest Siberian Low Arctic, Manuscript in progress