Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Late Quaternary history of sedimentation on the Mac. Robertson Shelf, East Antarctica: problems with 14C-dating of marine sediment cores Harris, PT and O'brien, PE and Sedwick, P and Truswell, EM , 1996 https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.130.2.47
Bottom currents, sedimentation and ice-sheet retreat facies successions on the Mac Robertson shelf, East Antarctica Harris, PT and O'Brien, PE Marine Geology, 1998 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00047-4
Quatenary Antarctic ice-sheet fluctuations and Southern Ocean palaeoceanography: natural variability studies at the Antarctic CRC Harris, PT and Howard, W and O'Brien, PE and Sedwick, PN and Sikes, EL AGSO Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, 1999
Ripple cross-laminated sediments on the East Antarctic Shelf: evidence for episodic bottom water production during the Holocene? Harris, PT Marine Geology, 2000 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00096-7
Holocene sediment records from the continental shelf of Mac. Robertson Land, East Antarctica Sedwick, Peter N and Harris, Peter T and Robertson, Lisette G and McMurtry, Gary M and Cremer, Maximilian D and Robinson, Philip Paleoceanography, 2001 https://doi.org/10.1029/2000PA000504

Core information

Core name Region Collection date IGSN ID Core type Latitude (DD) Longitude (DD) Water depth
(m)
Core length
(m)
Comments
149/12GC12 Antarctica, East Antarctica March 12, 1995 Gravity -67.11167 65.77833 626.0 3.5

Expedition information

Expedition name Ship Start date End date Report DOI
BANGSS-95 RV Aurora Australis Feb. 6, 1995 April 12, 1995 https://doi.org/10.26179/tnjc-a660

Samples in this core

Sample ID Core depth
(m)
Lithology Facies interpretation Carbon type Sample preparation type Age (14C yr ± 1σ) Calibrated age, median probability (cal. yr BP) Calibrated age, 2σ range (cal. yr BP) Comments
NZA11908 2.65 - 2.66 Siliceous mud and ooze Seasonal open-marine AIOM Bulk combustion 12120.0 ± 90.0 12255.0 12726.0-11687.0
NZA5763 3.01 - 3.02 Poorly sorrted, massively bedded mud Proximal sub-ice shelf glaciomarine AIOM Bulk combustion 17150.0 ± 280.0 18490.0 19291.0-17725.0
NZA5964 0.02 - 0.03 Siliceous mud and ooze Seasonal open-marine AIOM Bulk combustion 2171.0 ± 66.0 460.0 804.0-62.0
NZA6063 2.5 - 2.51 Siliceous mud and ooze Seasonal open-marine AIOM Bulk combustion 11410.0 ± 110.0 11256.0 11891.0-10613.0
NZA6749 2.0 - 2.01 Siliceous mud and ooze Seasonal open-marine AIOM Bulk combustion 8102.0 ± 81.0 7259.0 7656.0-6816.0
NZA6753 1.6 - 1.61 Siliceous mud and ooze Seasonal open-marine AIOM Bulk combustion 7091.0 ± 88.0 6168.0 6628.0-5712.0
NZA6754 0.4 - 0.41 Siliceous mud and ooze Seasonal open-marine AIOM Bulk combustion 5519.0 ± 71.0 4327.0 4836.0-3813.0
NZA6755 0.8 - 0.81 Siliceous mud and ooze Seasonal open-marine AIOM Bulk combustion 5380.0 ± 78.0 4147.0 4688.0-3618.0
NZA6756 1.2 - 1.21 Siliceous mud and ooze Seasonal open-marine AIOM Bulk combustion 7124.0 ± 77.0 6204.0 6649.0-5750.0
NZA7718 2.65 - 2.66 Siliceous mud and ooze Seasonal open-marine AIOM Bulk combustion 12122.0 ± 92.0 12257.0 12728.0-11686.0 None

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