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
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-TC18 Antarctica, Ross Sea Feb. 19, 1995 Trigger -77.33328 179.53592 819.0 0.72 Olive gray (5Y5/2), subrounded, fine sand blebs with sharp contacts from 0.05 to 0.12 m. Lithology from NBP94-01 and NBP95-01 cruise reports.; Flat, angular, medium basaltic pebble at 28-29 cm. Olive gray (5Y 5/2), subrounded, fine sand blebs with sharp contacts from 0.19-0.23 m. Discontinuous, thin (<2 mm), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 5/) sandy mud laminae with gradational contacts between 0.28 and 0.32 m. Lithology from NBP94-01 and NBP95-01 cruise reports.; Olive gray (5Y 5/2), subrounded, fine to medium sand blebs at 0.35-0.36 m. Discontinous, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy mud laminae at 0.45-0.47 m (Gradational contacts) and 0.57-0.62 m (sharp contacts). Sand in laminae is fine to medium in size. Textured, olive gray (5Y 5/2) muddy (subrounded, fine to medium) sand layers at 0.47 to 0.485 and 0.485 to 0.56 m. Lithology from NBP94-01 and NBP95-01 cruise reports.; Lithology from NBP94-01 and NBP95-01 cruise reports.

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-27801 0.0 - 0.02 Olive green (5Y 4/2) diatom-bearing, silt and sand-rich mud. Very fine to fine sand. Sharp, undulating lower contact. Ice-distal glaciomarine AIOM Bulk combustion 3735.0 ± 60.0 Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available None
AA-27802 0.26 - 0.28 Grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), diatom bearing sandy mud. Very fine to medium sand. Sharp lower contact. Diatom content decreases to a trace and sand content increases down core (around 0.26 m) . Ice-distal glaciomarine AIOM Bulk combustion 20490.0 ± 260.0 Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available None
AA-27803 0.62 - 0.64 Dark olive gray (5Y 3/2Silt and sand-rich mud. Black, 5Y 2.5/1, staining common. Sub-ice shelf AIOM Bulk combustion 24680.0 ± 490.0 Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available None

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