Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Chronology of late Wisconsin ice retreat from the western Ross Sea, Antarctica Licht, Kathy J and Jennings, Anne E and Andrews, John T and Williams, Kerstin M Geology, 1996 https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0223:COLWIR>2.3.CO;2
Retreat history of the Ross Ice Sheet (Shelf) since the Last Glacial Maximum from deep-basin sediment cores around Ross Island McKay, RM and Dunbar, GB and Naish, TR and Barrett, PJ and Carter, L and Harper, M Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.08.015
Distinguishing subglacial till and glacial marine diamictons in the western Ross Sea, Antarctica: implications for a last glacial maximum grounding line Licht, KJ and Dunbar, NW and Andrews, JT and Jennings, AE Geological Society of America Bulletin, 1999 https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0091:DSTAGM>2.3.CO;2
Ross Sea paleo-ice sheet drainage and deglacial history during and since the LGM Anderson, John B and Conway, Howard and Bart, Philip J and Witus, Alexandra E and Greenwood, Sarah L and McKay, Robert M and Hall, Brenda L and Ackert, Robert P and Licht, Kathy and Jakobsson, Martin and others Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.08.020

Core information

Core name Region Collection date IGSN ID Core type Latitude (DD) Longitude (DD) Water depth
(m)
Core length
(m)
Comments
DF80-189 Antarctica, Ross Sea None Piston -77.20000 167.88300 907.0 1.93 TOC: 1.98-2.01% (Licht et al., 1999); TOC: 1.51-1.56% (Licht et al., 1999); TOC: 0.56-1.2% (Licht et al., 1999); TOC: 0.15-0.27% (Licht et al., 1999)

Expedition information

Expedition name Ship Start date End date Report DOI
DF80 USCGC Glacier Dec. 19, 1979 Feb. 11, 1980 None

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
NZA25913 1.27 - 1.29 Silty clay Sub-ice shelf sand and mud AIOM Bulk Combustion 11331.0 ± 45.0 11132.0 11704.0-10576.0 None
NZA25939 0.96 - 0.98 Diatomaceous ooze Seasonal open-marine AIOM Bulk Combustion 7168.0 ± 35.0 6253.0 6685.0-5839.0 None
NZA25940 1.76 - 1.78 Clast-rich, poorly sorted diamict Sub-ice shelf diamict, basal debris melt-out AIOM Bulk Combustion 21830.0 ± 120.0 23902.0 24467.0-23341.0 None
NZA25941 0.07 - 0.09 Diatomaceous ooze Seasonal open-marine AIOM Bulk Combustion 2470.0 ± 35.0 738.0 1129.0-402.0 None
CAMS-8252 0.09 - 0.1 Diatomaceous ooze Seasonally-open marine AIOM Bulk Combustion 2660.0 ± 70.0 915.0 1293.0-543.0 None
AA-13243 1.11 - 1.15 Muddy diatomaceous ooze Seasonally-open marine AIOM Bulk Combustion 7330.0 ± 65.0 6433.0 6878.0-5987.0 None

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