Global Change Master Directorygsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov502013-05-21T11:34:40Zamd_nz Search: Parameters|SOLID EARTHhttp://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 231 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K020_2008_2012_NZ_1GIS analysis, biological samples (soil microorganism, invertebrate and plant), automatic weather station data and vegetation and invertebrate surveys to determine the terrestrial biocomplexity of the McMurdo Dry Valleys163.6076,-78.1605,164.4656,-77.9976163.73714,-78.17003,163.80022,-78.117645163.57486,-78.1555,164.0503,-78.13208163.73714,-78.17003,163.82254,-78.10072163.57486,-78.16053,163.88843,-78.13208163.67592,-78.09698,163.91064,-78.02384161.87634,-78.14442,163.76472,-77.49868161.38937,-78.0955,163.83333,-77.33517160.49257,-78.09498,163.78983,-77.41782008-11-07T00:00:00Z2009-01-28T00:00:00Z2010-02-01T00:00:00Z2011-01-14T00:00:00Z2011-01-08T00:00:00Z2011-01-20T00:00:00Z2011-02-01T00:00:00Z2012-01-15T00:00:00Z2012-01-14T00:00:00Z2012-01-24T00:00:00Z2012-06-15T04:00:00ZThe McMurdo Dry Valleys are the largest area of snow-free land in Antarctica. Managers ability to promote and protect these areas would benefit if we knew the biodiversity present and what controls ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K069_1989_2012_NZ_1Monitoring Magnetosphere - Ionosphere Coupling, Arrival heights, Scott Base, Antarctica166.7625,-77.9175,166.7625,-77.91751990-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-06-15T04:00:00ZA magnetometer and data recording system was installed and began recording hydromagnetic and ion cyclotron waves (geomagnetic pulsations) propagating into the high latitude cusp and polar cap regions ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K102_1959_2012_NZ_1Geomagnetic and seismological data collected from Scott Base, Cape Evans (Ross Island) and Lake Vanda166.75,-77.85,166.75,-77.85161.8272,-77.5208,161.8272,-77.5208166.4,-77.633,166.4,-77.6331958-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-06-08T04:00:00ZGeomagnetic and seismological measurements were established in Antarctica in 1957 as part of the International Geophysical Year and have continued until present. Geomagnetic data have been recorded ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K102_1959_2008_NZ_1Geomagnetic and seismological data collected from Scott Base, Cape Evans (Ross Island) and Lake Vanda166.75,-77.85,166.75,-77.85161.8272,-77.5208,161.8272,-77.5208166.4,-77.633,166.4,-77.6331958-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-04-04T04:00:00ZGeomagnetic and seismological measurements were established in Antarctica in 1957 as part of the International Geophysical Year and have continued until present. Geomagnetic data have been recorded ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K026_1983_1984_NZ_1Examination of the Buckeye Tillite formation, the trace fossils within the Devonian Horlick formation and the Permian Coal Measure in the Ohio Range of the Horlick Mountains114.0,-84.75,114.0,-84.751983-11-11T00:00:00Z1984-01-10T00:00:00Z2010-11-01T04:00:00ZA second season of field work was undertaken in the Ohio Range of the Horlick Mountains as a three fold geological study to complete the stratigraphy of the area. This included an analysis of the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K026_1979_1980_NZ_1Sedimentological and palaentological examination of the Devonian Horlick formation in the Ohio Range of the Horlick Mountains114.0,-84.75,114.0,-84.751979-11-20T00:00:00Z1980-01-30T00:00:00Z2010-11-01T04:00:00Z15 sections of the Horlick formation were measured in detail along the Ohio escarpment from Discovery Ridge to Lackey Ridge. The Ohio Range contains the only well exposed record of unequivocally marine ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K044_1972_1982_NZ_1Geological surveys, seismology, chemistry, geology and lava sampling at the Mt Erebus summit crater to investigate the behaviour of the volcano167.1667,-77.5333,167.1667,-77.53331972-12-12T00:00:00Z1973-01-06T00:00:00Z1973-12-24T00:00:00Z1974-01-06T00:00:00Z1974-11-13T00:00:00Z1975-01-05T00:00:00Z1975-11-26T00:00:00Z1975-12-07T00:00:00Z1976-12-18T00:00:00Z1976-12-31T00:00:00Z1978-01-02T00:00:00Z1978-01-17T00:00:00Z1978-12-10T00:00:00Z1979-02-03T00:00:00Z1979-12-20T00:00:00Z1980-01-05T00:00:00Z1980-12-20T00:00:00Z1981-01-09T00:00:00Z1981-11-24T00:00:00Z1981-12-13T00:00:00Z2010-09-29T04:00:00ZAn international study of the volcanic activity and geological processes taking place on Mt Erebus were investigated over 10 seasons. The broad program involved several investigations.
...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K044_1980_1986_NZ_1Seismic, infrasonic and magnetic induction data from Mt Erebus: 1980-1986, The International Mt Erebus Seismci Survey (IMESS)167.1667,-77.5333,167.1667,-77.53331980-12-20T00:00:00Z1981-01-09T00:00:00Z1981-11-24T00:00:00Z1981-12-13T00:00:00Z1982-12-03T00:00:00Z1983-01-12T00:00:00Z1983-11-23T00:00:00Z1983-12-06T00:00:00Z1984-12-07T00:00:00Z1984-12-17T00:00:00Z1985-11-28T00:00:00Z1985-12-23T00:00:00Z2010-09-29T04:00:00ZThe International Mt Erebus Seismic Survey (IMESS) was conducted on Mt Erebus to monitor and assess the seismic activity of the volcano year round. Seismic, infrasonic and magnetic induction data ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K044_1986_1991_NZ_1Video surveillance recordings and seismic activity of Mt Erebus: 1986-1991, The International Mt Erebus Eruption Mechanism Study (IMEEMS)167.1667,-77.5333,167.1667,-77.53331986-11-01T00:00:00Z1991-01-01T00:00:00Z2010-09-29T04:00:00ZStudies of the location of earthquake foci at Mt Erebus found that eruption earthquakes had an apparent range of depths to 4km, but that infrasonic signals were more consistant with a surface origin. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K056_2006_2010_NZ_1Dynamics and change of the Darwin Hatherton Glacial System155.0,-80.0,160.0,-79.02007-01-30T00:00:00Z2009-12-31T00:00:00Z2010-09-20T04:00:00ZThe Darwin-Hatherton glacial system offers a unique opportunity to investigate the response of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to future climate change. As well as draining the East Antarctic Ice Sheet into ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K056_2006_2007_NZ_2Geomorphological information from the Darwin-Hatherton area, Antarctica156.0,-79.95,157.0,-79.83332007-12-05T00:00:00Z2007-12-15T00:00:00Z2010-09-20T04:00:00ZRock samples were collected from the Darwin Glacier region (6 samples) during the 06-07 season. Over 100 samples were collected from the Lake Wellman, Hatherton Glacier area during the 07-08 season. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K105_2008_2009_NZ_1Gravity Measurements for Hut Point Peninsula Base Stations166.6418,-77.8499,166.7667,-77.84482008-11-02T00:00:00Z2008-12-06T00:00:00Z2010-09-20T04:00:00ZConstruction of buildings at McMurdo Station and Scott Base has resulted in the loss of several of the gravity base stations established during and shortly after the IGY. Antarctica New Zealand established ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K056_2006_2007_NZ_3Ground penetrating radar survey of the Darwin and Hatherton glacial systems155.0,-80.0,160.0,-79.02009-01-15T00:00:00Z2009-01-25T00:00:00Z2010-09-20T04:00:00ZMore than 300 km of ground penetrating radar (GPR) data were collected on the glaciers around Roadend Nunatak, Lake Wellman and Lake Wilson. Reflections from the bedrock were observed on most profiles, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K056_2006_2007_NZRock Samples for Cosmogenic Dating from the Darwin Glacier area155.0,-80.0,160.0,-79.02007-01-30T00:00:00Z2007-01-31T00:00:00Z2007-12-03T00:00:00Z2007-12-15T00:00:00Z2009-01-15T00:00:00Z2009-01-25T00:00:00Z2009-12-24T00:00:00Z2009-12-31T00:00:00Z2010-09-20T04:00:00ZRocks were Collection of rock samples from the Darwin glacier area for cosmogenic dating and the data tables contain technical data required for cosmogenic dating analysis.http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K072_2008_2010_NZ_1Soil chemistry and soil CO2 concentration and isotopic composition from sites in Taylor Valley and the Lake Wellman area156.7814,-79.9172,163.1293,-77.6566162.4093,-77.73227,163.12521,-77.654652008-12-17T00:00:00Z2009-01-27T00:00:00Z2009-12-16T00:00:00Z2010-01-25T00:00:00Z2010-09-20T04:00:00ZThis study aimed to understand the origin and dynamics of pedogenic carbonate in Antarctic soils, with a long-term view to understanding the formation of carbonate and the storage and turnover of ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K105_2008_2009_NZ_2Southern Victoria Land Geological Map, 1:250 000, GNS Science162.0,-78.3,165.0,-77.52008-11-22T00:00:00Z2008-12-11T00:00:00Z2010-09-20T04:00:00ZGeological field observations collected from New Harbour, Kukri Hills, Ferrar Glacier, Bettle Peak, Blue Glacier, Mt Lister, Salmon Valley, Cape Chocolate and Walcott Bay; of basement rock, Beacon ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K001_ANDRILLThe ANDRILL drilling project - 1284.87 m and 1138.54 m sediment cores from below the McMurdo/Ross Ice Shelf,,,165.2767,-77.7581,165.2767,-77.75812006-01-01T00:00:00Z2007-12-31T00:00:00Z2007-08-20T00:00:00Z2008-02-15T00:00:00Z2010-03-02T05:00:00ZANDRILL (ANtarctic DRILLing project) is a multinational (Germany, Italy, New Zealand and USA) initiative to investigate the climate and tectonic history of Antarctica by recovering deep sediment ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K062_2004_2006_NZ_1Field mapping data and petrological collections for petrography, geochronology and geochemistry, of rocks from Mt Morning, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica164.33,-78.52,163.37,-78.33164.75,-78.58,163.25,-78.332004-11-19T00:00:00Z2004-12-14T00:00:00Z2005-11-14T00:00:00Z2005-12-16T00:00:00Z2010-02-23T05:00:00ZMt Morning is the most southerly of a series of central type volcanoes that make up the McMurdo Volcanic Group of south Victoria Land. It is characterised by a trachyte - basanite - phonolite assemblage. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K020_2008_2009_NZ_1GIS analysis, biological samples (soil microorganism, invertebrate and plant), automatic weather station data and vegetation and invertebrate surveys to determine the terrestrial biocomplexity of the McMurdo Dry Valleys163.6076,-78.1605,164.4656,-77.99762008-11-07T00:00:00Z2009-01-28T00:00:00Z2010-02-23T05:00:00ZThe McMurdo Dry Valleys are the largest area of snow-free land in Antarctica. Managers ability to promote and protect these areas would benefit if we knew the biodiversity present and what controls ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K123_2004_2005_NZ_1Profile descriptions, mapping and analysis of soils in the Wright Valley, Antarctica and assessment of soil disturbance by foot traffic160.5,-77.6,163.0,-77.52004-12-03T00:00:00Z2005-01-21T00:00:00Z2005-11-16T00:00:00Z2006-01-27T00:00:00Z2006-12-28T00:00:00Z2007-01-22T00:00:00Z2010-02-23T05:00:00ZSoil profile descriptions from the Lower Wright Valley, West Wright Valley (including north and south forks), Labyrinth and Dais was carried out over three field seasons (2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07) ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K046_1988_1991_NZ_1The hydrology, glaciology and sediment transport monitoring of the glacial-river-lake system in the Miers Valley, Antarctica164.0,-78.1,164.0,-78.11988-11-14T00:00:00Z1989-01-23T00:00:00Z1989-11-13T00:00:00Z1990-01-29T00:00:00Z2010-02-23T05:00:00ZA three year hydrological, glaciological and sediment transport monitoring programme was conducted in the Miers Valley. The energy and mass balances of the glacier-river-lake system was investigated ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1999_2000_NZ_1Using diamict and glacio-tectonised samples to determine previous glacial overriding in the Allan Hills nunatak159.4167,-76.8333,160.0,-76.58331998-12-16T00:00:00Z1999-01-15T00:00:00Z1999-11-21T00:00:00Z2000-01-21T00:00:00Z2001-11-21T00:00:00Z2001-12-22T00:00:00Z2010-02-23T05:00:00ZThe character and form of previous glacial overriding in the Allan Hills nunatak was determined by describing and quantifying the glacio-tectonised bedrock from Sirius related glaciations. The Sirius ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K003_1974_1982_NZ_1Geological investigations and collection of fossil specimens from the Sledgers Glacier-Mariner Glacier region to determine the geological history and environment of deposition of the region162.0,-72.67,163.83,-71.331974-11-10T00:00:00Z1975-01-07T00:00:00Z1981-11-17T00:00:00Z1982-01-03T00:00:00Z2009-09-21T04:00:00ZThe eastern part of the Bower Group in the Mariner Glacier area and the central western part of the Bowers Group in the Black Glacier-Sledger Glacier area were visited and examined to search for fossils ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K051_2000_2003_NZ_1Provenance analysis of Cambrian conglomerates, Northern Victoria Land160.0,-72.0,165.0,-70.02000-11-30T00:00:00Z2000-12-10T00:00:00Z2002-01-24T00:00:00Z2002-12-12T00:00:00Z2009-09-21T04:00:00ZThe Cambrian volcanic arc of North Victoria Land and the Cambrian arc of NW Nelson (NZ) are strikingly similar. They are of island arc character but both now lie within continental crust. In NVL ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1979_1980_NZ_3A gravity survey of the Taylor Valley and Dailey Islands161.0,-77.75,164.0,-77.55165.1,-77.88,165.1,-77.881979-12-07T00:00:00Z1980-01-15T00:00:00Z2009-07-02T04:00:00ZA gravity survey of the lower Taylor Valley, from New Harbour to the Suess Glacier was completed in the 1977-1978 field season to tie in with the Dry Valley Drilling Project (DVDP) holes and to trace ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1964_1965_NZ_2A mineralisation survey in the Koettlitz-Blue Glacier and Taylor Valley region to determine the geochemical prospecting of the region161.0,-78.5,165.0,-77.51964-01-01T00:00:00Z1965-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-07-02T04:00:00ZA mineralisation survey was conducted in the Koettlitz-Blue Glacier and Taylor Valley region because previous work in these areas mapped Precambrian basement rocks similar to those found in mineralised ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K101_2006_2007_NZ_1An integrated marine geophysical survey (multibeam bathymetry, chirp sonar, gravity and geomagnetic measurements, with seismic reflection) of the southern Adare Basin region. (R/V Nathaniel B Palmer cruise NBP0701) 171.0,-74.0,178.0,-69.02006-12-22T00:00:00Z2007-01-27T00:00:00Z2009-07-02T04:00:00ZA detailed integrated marine geophysical survey of the sourthern Adare Basin region and a series of detailed seismic transects across the Northern Basin, underlying the north-western Ross Sea continental ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1957_1963_NZ_1Early geological, glaciology and biological investigations of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, the Koettlitz Glacier area and Darwin Glacier area by Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expeditions160.0,-78.0,164.0,-77.0163.0,-78.5,165.0,-77.5155.0,-80.5,160.0,-79.51957-01-01T00:00:00Z1963-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-07-02T04:00:00ZThe Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) was mounted to complete the detailed investigations of the extensive ice free area of Victoria Land between the Taylor and Mackay ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K002_1977_1978_NZ_2Field and petrographic descriptions of the outcrops of the McMurdo Volcanic Group in the Royal Society Ranges, northwest of the Koettlitz Glacier162.0,-78.5,164.5,-78.01977-11-01T00:00:00Z1978-01-16T00:00:00Z2009-07-02T04:00:00ZDetailed field and petrographic observations of the outcrops of McMurdo Volcanics Group in the Southern Foothills of the Royal Society Range from Foster Crater in the south to Marshall Valley in the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1979_1980_NZ_4Marine Seismic Surveying in McMurdo Sound163.0,-78.0,167.0,-76.51980-02-05T00:00:00Z1980-02-20T00:00:00Z2009-07-02T04:00:00ZA marine seismic survey was conducted in McMurdo Sound to extend marine seismic coverage to i) the western side of McMurdo Sound, in order to examine the nature of any faulting or other structures ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K002_1959_1963_NZ_1Oceanography, sea seismic surveys and benthic surveys of the New Zealand sub-Antarctic Islands areas (Auckland and Campbell Islands), the Macquarie Ridge area and the ocean between New Zealand and the Ross Sea160.0,-80.0,180.0,-40.01959-01-01T00:00:00Z1963-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-07-02T04:00:00ZOceanographic, sea seismic surveys and benthic surveys were conducted aboard research vessels (HMNZS Endeavour, Wilhoite, Rotoiti, USS Burton Island) between 1959 and 1963. The principal aim of the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1964_1965_NZ_5Seismic refraction surveys in the McMurdo Sound region161.0,-78.25,167.0,-77.251964-01-01T00:00:00Z1965-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-07-02T04:00:00ZThe suitability of first arrival seismic refraction apparatus for surface structure studies was investigated at sites in the Wright, Taylor and Miers Vallyes and on Brown Peninsula. Results show that ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1974_1975_NZ_1Comparative studies of pebble and sediments from known sedimentary environments (Taylor Glacier, Table Mountain and Crary Ice Rise) with those found in a DVDP core162.1667,-77.7333,162.1667,-77.7333162.0,-77.95,162.0,-77.95172.5,-82.9333,172.5,-82.93331974-11-18T00:00:00Z1974-12-20T00:00:00Z1975-10-13T00:00:00Z1975-12-09T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZExamination of the cores from the Dry Valley Drilling Project consisted of, among other studies, grain size, pebble and magnetic investigations. Pebble and sediment sampling from known sedimentary ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1974_1975_NZ_3Detailed description, mapping and sampling (for sedimentology, paleontology and chronology studies) of Cenozoic bedded polymicton-type sediments within the Taylor Valley161.0,-77.75,164.0,-77.55161.0,-77.65,163.0,-77.3164.5833,-77.9333,164.5833,-77.93331974-12-01T00:00:00Z1975-01-10T00:00:00Z1975-11-19T00:00:00Z1976-01-05T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZCenozoic bedded polymicton-type sediments within the Taylor Valley were mapped. These polymicton-type sediments are of glacial origin deposited into a body of water and therefore exhibit sorting and ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1978_1979_NZ_1Determination of a polar wander path for Beacon Supergroup at Mount Bastion, West Beacon and Table Mountain160.4833,-77.3167,160.4833,-77.3167160.8,-77.8167,160.8,-77.8167162.0,-77.95,162.0,-77.951978-11-17T00:00:00Z1978-12-18T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZThe Beacon Supergroup in the McMurdo Sound region is a flat lying continental sequence about 2000m thick and ranging in age from Early Devonian to Late Triassic (400 to 180 my BP). A polar wander ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1974_1975_NZ_4Determination of deposition, sediment transport direction and age of New Mountain Sandstone (Beacon Supergroup) at various localities in the Royal Society Range and Dry Valleys region162.7167,-78.3167,162.7167,-78.3167162.0,-77.95,162.0,-77.95161.5333,-77.9167,161.5333,-77.9167161.11667,-77.86667,161.11667,-77.86667162.16667,-77.73333,162.16667,-77.73333161.1,-77.48333,161.1,-77.48333161.45,-77.6,161.45,-77.61974-11-11T00:00:00Z1975-01-09T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZThe New Mountain Sandstone, the lowest formation of the Beacon Supergroup was studied in detail at various localities in the Royal Society Range and Dry Valley's region to determine its environment ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1971_1972_NZ_1Evaluation of a portable drill for obtaining orientated paleomagnetic samples and detailed mapping and sampling of McMurdo volcanics for petrographic examination and detailed geochemistry studies166.0,-78.0,170.0,-77.11971-11-09T00:00:00Z1972-02-02T00:00:00Z1972-11-18T00:00:00Z1973-02-24T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZAn evaluation of the use a portable drill for obtaining oriented paleomagnetic samples was undertaken on Ross Island. In all, 19 sites were sampled using the drill at Cape Crozier, Cape Bird, Cape ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1968_1969_NZ_1Examination of the Beacon Group stratigraphy and paleontology between the Boomerang and Olympus Ranges 157.0,-78.4,163.0,-77.251968-12-12T00:00:00Z1969-02-06T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZThe Beacon Group stratigraphy and paleontology between the Boomerang and Olympus Ranges was investigated in two phases. The first phase involved visits to ranges and nunataks around the Skelton Neve ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1975_1976_NZ_1Examination of the Cenozoic glaciomarine deposits, moraines and benches of Black Island and Brown Peninsula 165.0,-78.3,167.0,-78.01975-11-19T00:00:00Z1976-01-05T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZCorrelation of Cenozoic glaciomarine deposits, moraines and benches of Black Island and Brown Peninsula was conducted. Flat coastal areas at the north-western end of Black Island were found to consist ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1977_1978_NZ_1Geochemical studies on the rocks in the McMurdo Sound region160.0,-78.25,168.0,-77.01977-11-21T00:00:00Z1978-01-10T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZGeochemical studies were conducted in the McMurdo Sound region. Mossbauer spectrocopic studies of Desert Varnish, the physical and chemical weathering processes of the lavas on Ross Island and bedrock ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1973_1974_NZ_1Geological examination and sampling of Devonian Aztec Siltstone, the fish bearing red bed sequence and Permian coal measures for pollen and coal rank studies160.15,-77.5,160.5,-77.4159.0,-78.2833,159.0,-78.2833158.75,-78.46667,158.75,-78.46667160.1,-77.55,160.1,-77.55159.55,-77.9,159.55,-77.9160.51666,-77.8,160.51666,-77.81973-11-12T00:00:00Z1973-12-28T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZSections of Aztec siltstone at Mt Metschel, in the Alligator Peak area, Shapeless Mountain, Mount Fleming, the Lashly Mountains and Aztec Mountain were examined and sampled on a very detailed scale ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1972_1973_NZ_2Geological examination, mapping and sampling of the Mawson Volcano breccias at Shapeless Mountain and Allan Hills160.15,-77.5,160.5,-77.4159.6667,-76.7167,159.6667,-76.71671972-11-18T00:00:00Z1973-01-12T00:00:00Z1973-11-12T00:00:00Z1973-12-28T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZA detailed study and sampling programme of the Mawson volcano breccia was carried out at Shapeless Mountain and on neighbouring Mistake Peak. Paleomagnetic measurements were used to determine the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1971_1972_NZ_3Geological examination, stratigraphic sections, mapping and sample collection of Beacon and Ferrar rocks and fossils in the area between the Skelton Neve and the Mackay Glacier159.0,-78.3333,161.0,-77.01971-11-18T00:00:00Z1972-01-17T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZBeacon and Ferrar rocks were studied just west of the Dry Valleys, between the Skelton Neve and the Mackay Glacier area. Detailed stratigraphic sections were measured with staff and level at Mistake ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1979_1980_NZ_1Geological investigation and mapping of the Wellar Coal Measures to determine the depositional environment160.1,-77.55,160.1,-77.55159.95,-77.57,159.95,-77.57160.4,-77.43,160.4,-77.431979-12-04T00:00:00Z1980-01-07T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZIn the 1978-79 field season, the Beacon Supergroup and the intruding Ferrar Dolerite were mapped at Mt Fleming and Horseshoe Mountain including three laterally related sections of the Wellar Coal ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1969_1970_NZ_2Geological investigation into the mode of origin of the Wright and Taylor Valleys160.0,-77.6,163.0,-77.42009-07-01T04:00:00ZThe Labyrinth area in the Wright Valley is an unusual area of very steep gullies with flat treads between, which form a box canyon type topography. The mode of origin of the area is a controversial ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1976_1977_NZ_4Geological investigations in the Fry Glacier region160.0,-78.5,167.0,-77.01976-11-20T00:00:00Z1977-01-09T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZGeological reconnaissance was conducted in the Fry Glacier region to study in some detail the glacial geology of the Dry Valley areas and exposures of the Beacon Supergroup there. Geological mapping ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1978_1979_NZ_2Geological investigations of the Cambrian and Beacon sediments in the Bryd Glacier/Darwin Glacier region156.0,-81.0,158.5,-79.01978-11-16T00:00:00Z1979-01-18T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZCambrian and Beacon sediments in the Byrd Glacier region of the Darwin Mountains were investigated. The sites visited included Mt Rainbow, Kiwi Pass, Mt Egerton, Mt Durnford, Mt Field, Mt Tuatara, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1971_1972_NZ_2Geological investigations of the basement rocks in the Evans Neve area, North Victoria Land162.0,-73.5,167.0,-72.01971-11-17T00:00:00Z1971-12-21T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZThe basement rocks in a small area on the eastern edge of the Evans Neve, north Victoria Land were studied. The areas visited and examined included Mt Overlord, Mt Goby and the Retreat Hills, The ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1970_1971_NZ_1Geological mapping and examination of the Beacon SuperGroup in Victoria Land: Beacon Heights, Skelton Neve, Portal Mountain and Horseshoe Mountains, Allan Hills, Darwin Mountains and Victoria Valley area155.0,-79.0,165.0,-77.01970-11-07T00:00:00Z1971-02-01T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZThe stratigraphy of the Beacon Super Group in the Beacon Heights was previously described. This study was continued this season, extending the stratigraphy northward to the Mackay Glacier and southward ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1979_1980_NZ_2Geological mapping and examination of the Feather Conglomerate and the Lashly Formation at Horseshoe Mountain and Shapeless Mountain159.95,-77.57,159.95,-77.57160.4,-77.43,160.4,-77.431979-12-04T00:00:00Z1980-01-07T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZFive days were spent geological mapping and sampling at Horseshoe Mountain. The strata cropping out are the Feather Conglomerate (Late Permian - early Triassic) and the Lashly Formation (Mid-Late ...