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Ross Embayment till provenance from sand petrography

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Title: Ross Embayment till provenance from sand petrography

Description:

Abstract:: Sand petrographic data were collected on the 500-2000 micron fraction of LGM-age till from the Ross Embayment. Moraine samples from the Beardmore, Byrd, Darwin/Hatherton Glaciers, Mt. Achernar and Allan Hills were obtained from Dr. Gunter Faure (Ohio State) and Dr. James Bockheim (U. of Wisconsin, Madison). Samples of till from beneath the Siple Coast Ice Streams were obtained from Dr. Hermann Engelhardt (Cal Tech). Ross Sea till samples were obtained from the Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility (FSU). A few grams of unsieved splits of most of the samples, as well as the grain mounts of the sand fraction are housed at the Sediment Analysis Lab at IUPUI. The data generated from this project include percentage data of mineral and lithic fragments, particle size distributions and elemental abundance. Isotopic analyses of the samples were completed by Dr. Lang Farmer (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder).
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Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Lederer, J.R., Licht, K.J., and Swope, R.J., accepted. Provenance of LGM Glacial Till (sand fraction) across the Ross Embayment, Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews. Farmer, G.L., Licht, K., Andrews, J.T., and Swope, R.J., 2004. Radiogenic Isotope Provenance Studies of Glacial Tills in Ross Sea and Vicinity, Antarctica. Arctic Worshop Abstract Volume, p.56. Lederer, J., Licht, K.J., and Swope, R.J., 2003. Provenance of Ross Sea till. XVI INQUA Congress Abstracts with Programs, p. 237-238. Lederer, J.R., Licht, K.J., and Swope, R.J., 2003. Provenance of Ross Sea till and implications for LGM ice flow paths. West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative, Tenth Annual Workshop, Agenda and Abstracts, Algonkian Meeting Center, Sterling, VA, p. 5. Licht, K.J., and Lederer, J.R., 2003. A comparison of particle size distributions in Ross Embayment tills. West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative, Tenth Annual Workshop, Agenda and Abstracts, Algonkian Meeting Center, Sterling, VA, p. 67. Lederer, J., Swope, R.J., and Licht, K.J., 2002. Provenance of Ross Sea till from sand petrography. Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Supplement, Abstract PP11C-12, p. 312. Farmer, G.L., Licht, K.J., Andrews, J.T., and Swope, R.J., 2002. Neodymium Isotope Studies of Provenance of Glacial Tills in Ross Sea and Vicinity, Antarctica. GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 34, No. 6, p. 504. Lederer, J.R., Swope, R.J., and Licht, K.J., 2002. Sand Petrography of Tills in the Ross Embayment, Antarctic Source Terranes. GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 34, No. 6, p. 324.

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: -62.83
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

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Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENT COMPOSITION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > GLACIATION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MOTION/ICE SHEET MOTION
Theme_Keyword: Till
Theme_Keyword: Moraine
Theme_Keyword: Particle Size Distributions
Theme_Keyword: Lithic Fragments
Theme_Keyword: Mineral Fragments
Theme_Keyword: Sediments
Theme_Keyword: Sand Petrography
Theme_Keyword: Elemental Abundances
Theme_Keyword: Isotopic Analyses
Theme_Keyword: Provenance
Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Theme_Keyword: INLAND WATERS
Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > ROSS EMBAYMENT
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

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Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: KATHY J. LICHT

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: R. JEFFREY SWOPE

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Geology Dept., SL118
Address: Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis
Address: 723 W. Michigan St.
City: Indianapolis
State_or_Province: IN
Postal_Code: 46202
Country: USA

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: 723 W. Michigan St., Room SL118
Address: Geology Department
City: Indianapolis
State_or_Province: IN
Postal_Code: 46202
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 317-278-1343

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 317-278-0132

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 317-274-7966

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: klicht@iupui.edu

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rjswope@iupui.edu

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Contact_Organization: IU-PUI/GEOL > Department of Geology, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
Contact_Person: KATHY J. LICHT

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Geology Dept., SL118
Address: Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis
Address: 723 W. Michigan St.
City: Indianapolis
State_or_Province: IN
Postal_Code: 46202
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 317-278-1343

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: klicht@iupui.edu

Resource_Description: Ross_Embayment_till_provenance

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Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.geology.iupui.edu/

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20040825

Metadata_Review_Date: 20100702

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office
Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Not Available
City: Lanham
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20706
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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