Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
The 14C record of Late Pleistocene ice advance and retreat in the central Ross Sea, Antarctica Licht, Kathy J and Andrews, John T Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2002 https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2002.12003501
Establishing chronologies from acid-insoluble organic 14C dates on Antarctic (Ross Sea) and Arctic (North Atlantic) marine sediments Licht, Kathy J and Cunningham, Wendy L and Andrews, John T and Domack, Eugene W and Jennings, Anne E Polar Research, 1998 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v17i2.6619
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
NBP9501-PC07 Antarctica, Ross Sea Feb. 16, 1995 Piston -75.62567 178.58688 449.0 1.45 Lithology from Figure 4 of Licht & Andrews (2002), NBP94-01, and NBP95-01 cruise reports.; Lithology from Figure 4 of Licht & Andrews (2002), NBP94-01, and NBP95-01 cruise reports.; Lithology from Figure 4 of Licht & Andrews (2002), NBP94-01, and NBP95-01 cruise reports.; Coarse, subrounded, glauconite-mica schist pebble at 0.30-0.33 m. Very coarse, subrounded, fine grained crystalline pebble at 0.30-0.36 m. Coarse, rounded, basaltic pebble at 0.81-0.86 and 1.20-1.24 m. Soft, dark greenish gray (5 GY 4/1) silt-rich diatomaceous mud sediment clast at 1.04-1.05 m. Carbonate fragments scattered throughout the core. Foraminifera common between 0.70-1.45 m. Bryozoan fragment at 0.60 cm. Barnacle fragment at 1.35 m. Lithology from Figure 4 of Licht & Andrews (2002), NBP94-01, and NBP95-01 cruise reports.; Carbonate sample weight = 3.2 mg ; Carbonate sample weight = 4.9 mg; Carbonate sample weight = 3.2 mg

Expedition information

Expedition name Ship Start date End date Report DOI
NBP95-01 RV/IB Nathaniel B. Palmer Feb. 7, 1995 March 13, 1995 https://doi.org/10.7284/905403

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
AA-23418 0.02 - 0.04 Stratified diamicton; Silt to sand-rich mud. Glacial marine sediment reworked by overriding glacier ice Benthic forams, Globocassidulina biora and Cibicides Carbonate hydrolysis 21980.0 ± 290.0 Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available Carbonate sample weight = 3.2 mg
AA-23417 0.2 - 0.22 Massive diamicton; Silt to sand-rich mud. Abundant, subrounded, fine basaltic pebbles Subglacial till Benthic forams, Globocassidulina biora and Cibicides Carbonate hydrolysis 17790.0 ± 195.0 Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available Carbonate sample weight = 4.9 mg
AA-23222 0.63 - 0.66 Massive diamicton; Silt to sand-rich mud. Abundant, subrounded, fine basaltic pebbles Subglacial till Benthic forams, Globocassidulina biora and Cibicides Carbonate hydrolysis 14970.0 ± 135.0 Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available Carbonate sample weight = 3.2 mg
AA-23405 0.02 - 0.04 Stratified diamicton; Silt to sand-rich mud. Glacial marine sediment reworked by overriding glacier ice AIOM Bulk combustion 22975.0 ± 210.0 Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available None
AA-23406 0.21 - 0.22 Massive diamicton; Silt to sand-rich mud. Abundant, subrounded, fine basaltic pebbles Subglacial till AIOM Bulk combustion 25695.0 ± 300.0 Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available None
AA-23407 0.63 - 0.66 Massive diamicton; Silt to sand-rich mud. Abundant, subrounded, fine basaltic pebbles Subglacial till AIOM Bulk combustion 20780.0 ± 220.0 Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available None

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