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Sediment cores from Lakes Fryxell, Lake Bonney and Lake Joyce, in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

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Title: Sediment cores from Lakes Fryxell, Lake Bonney and Lake Joyce, in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Description:

Abstract:: Cores were taken from lakes in the McMurdo Oasis to identify and date periods of low lake level to add to the existing record of periods of high lake level, with the intention of comparing the isotopic and geochemical record of millenial scale climate change obtained from analysis of the Taylor Dome ice core. Four basins in the Taylor Valley were cored: Lake Fryxell, East Lobe Lake Bonney, West Lobe Lake Bonney (15 cores in total), and Lake Joyce (1 core). In addition, old lacustrine beds were mapped and lacustrine carbonate samples from Nausbaum Reigel, Sollas Platform and Pearce Valley were collected for U/He dating.
Purpose:: Not Available
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Milicich, S. 2005. Origin of Palaeo Proglacial Lake sediments in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. MSc thesis, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Higgens, S.M. Hendy, C.H. Denton, G.H. Geochronology of Bonney Drift, Taylor Valley, Antarctica; evidence of interglacial expansion of Taylor Glacier. Geografiska annaler 82A: 391-410, 2000.
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Higgens, S.M. Denton, G.H. Hendy, C.H. Glacial geomorphology of Bonney Drift, Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Geografiska annaler 82A: 365-390, 2000.
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Milicich, S., Hendy, C. and Kamp, P. 2003. Helium isotope dating: An application to Antarctic lacustrine carbonates. 18th New Zealand Geochemical Group conference.
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Milicich, S., Hendy, C. and Kamp, P. 2003. Helium isotope dating: An application to Antarctic lacustrine carbonates. Geological society of New Zealand Inc. 2003. Annual Conference.
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Whittakerm T., Hall, B., Hendy, C., Henderson, G., Spaulding, S. and Berger, G. 2003. Recent and abrupt variations in depositional environment in Lake Fryxell, Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2003.
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Hendy, C. and Hall, B. 2006. The radiocarbon reservoir in proglacial lakes: Examples from Antarctica. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Hendy, C., Croalli, J., Hall, B., Hamilton, D., Mangan, C., Milicich, S., Pearson, L. and Motion, O. 2006. Extreme carbon isotope enrichment in lacustrine sediments. 9th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference and 2nd Australasian Hydrogeology Research Conference.
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Hall, B.L. Denton, G.H. Overturf, B. Hendy, C.H. Glacial Lake Victoria, a high-level Antarctic lake inferred from lacustrine deposits in Victoria Valley. Journal of quaternary science 17(7): 697-706, 2002.
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Milicich, S. And Hendy, C. 2004. Chemistry of Antarctic Lakes: Ancient and modern. Chemistry in New Zealand
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Milicich, S., Hendy, C. And Kamp, P. 2004. Cryorites, evaporites or whitings? Ancient lake beds from Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Geological Society of New Zealand, New Zealand Geophysical Society, 26th Annual Geothermal Workshop.

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Beginning_Date: 20030102
Ending_Date: 20030130

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Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 161.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 164.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.5
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.75

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Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBONATE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > ISOTOPES
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > LAKE LEVELS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOCHEMISTRY > GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES > ISOTOPES
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > MARINE GEOCHEMISTRY
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOCHEMISTRY > MARINE GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
Theme_Keyword: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Theme_Keyword: FIELD INVESTIGATION
Theme_Keyword: SEDIMENT CORERS
Theme_Keyword: VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Theme_Keyword: ELEVATION
Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > TAYLOR VALLEY
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: CHRIS HENDY

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: SARAH MILICICH

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Department of Chemistry
Address: University of Waikato
Address: Private Bag 3105
City: Hamilton
Country: New Zealand

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +64 7 856 2889 Ext 4381 Or 4392

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +64 7 838 4218

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: c.hendy@waikato.ac.nz

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Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Please refer to the publications or contact the investigator for more information.

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Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NZ/NZAI/ANZ > Antarctica New Zealand, New Zealand Antarctic Institute, New Zealand
Contact_Person: SHULAMIT GORDON

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Antarctica New Zealand
Address: Private Bag 4745
City: Christchurch
Country: New Zealand

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +64 3 358 0200

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +64 3 358 0211

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: s.gordon@antarcticanz.govt.nz

Resource_Description: K022_2002_2003_NZ_1

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Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/

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DATA CENTER URL

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Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20090416

Metadata_Review_Date: 20090420

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: CEISHA POIROT

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: SHULAMIT GORDON

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Antarctica New Zealand
Address: Private Bag 4745
City: Christchurch
Country: New Zealand

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Antarctica New Zealand
Address: Private Bag 4745
City: Christchurch
Country: New Zealand

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +64 3 358 0200

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +64 3 358 0211

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: c.poirot@antarcticanz.govt.nz

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: s.gordon@antarcticanz.govt.nz

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time