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
HWD03-1 Antarctica, Ross Sea None Gravity -77.88847 167.08445 921.0 0.61 HWD03 site 1 core 4 (Barrett et al., 2005); TOC: 0.39% (Barrett et al., 2005); TOC: 0.18% (Barrett et al., 2005); TOC: 0.12% (Barrett et al., 2005); TOC: 0.18% (Barrett et al., 2005); TOC: 0.15% (Barrett et al., 2005); TOC: 0.1% (Barrett et al., 2005)

Expedition information

Expedition name Ship Start date End date Report DOI
HWD03 Hot Water Drilling (not a ship) Jan. 1, 2003 Jan. 1, 2003 https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/antarctic/publications/antarctic-data-series/ADS25.pdf

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
NZA18135 0.0 - 0.01 Fine sandy mud, pebbly with rare diatoms and benthic foraminifera, and common sponge spicules Sub-ice shelf sand and mud AIOM Bulk Combustion 4343.0 ± 55.0 2855.0 3321.0-2366.0 None
NZA18136 0.2 - 0.21 Mud with few diatoms Sub-ice shelf sand and mud AIOM Bulk Combustion 18080.0 ± 100.0 19546.0 20096.0-18994.0 None
NZA18137 0.33 - 0.34 Clast-rich muddy diamict Sub-ice shelf diamict, basal debris melt-out AIOM Bulk Combustion 24550.0 ± 190.0 26780.0 27301.0-26187.0 None
NZA18846 0.04 - 0.05 Fine sandy mud with rare diatoms and benthic foraminifera, and common sponge spicules Sub-ice shelf sand and mud AIOM Bulk Combustion 5845.0 ± 35.0 4747.0 5261.0-4275.0 None
NZA18856 0.45 - 0.46 Clast-rich muddy diamict Sub-ice shelf diamict, basal debris melt-out AIOM Bulk Combustion 25750.0 ± 190.0 27938.0 28543.0-27387.0 None
NZA18857 0.58 - 0.59 Clast-rich muddy diamict Sub-ice shelf diamict, basal debris melt-out AIOM Bulk Combustion 22550.0 ± 170.0 24723.0 25332.0-24076.0 None

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