Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
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
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
DF80-79 Antarctica, Ross Sea None Piston -77.46700 165.68300 845.0 2.16 Authors hypothesize reworking and disregard this age for interpretation; Authors hypothesize reworking and disregard this age for interpretation

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
NZA25999 0.24 - 0.26 Sparsly laminated light and dark muds with occasional basalt pebble clasts Reworked AIOM Bulk Combustion 18613.0 ± 85.0 20191.0 20707.0-19640.0 None
NZA26000 1.09 - 1.11 Sparsly LAMINATED light and dark muds with occasional basalt pebble clasts Reworked AIOM Bulk Combustion 17667.0 ± 75.0 19059.0 19545.0-18620.0 None

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