Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Late Quaternary paleoenvironment of the Ross Sea continental shelf, Antarctica Nishimura, Akira and Nakasone, Toru and Hiramatsu, Chikara and Tanahashi, Manabu Annals of Glaciology, 1998 http://doi.org/10.3189/1998AoG27-1-275-280

Core information

Core name Region Collection date IGSN ID Core type Latitude (DD) Longitude (DD) Water depth
(m)
Core length
(m)
Comments
TH95-GC1604 Antarctica, Ross Sea None Gravity -74.54861 168.00167 922.0 2.54

Expedition information

Expedition name Ship Start date End date Report DOI
TH95 R/V Hakurei-Maru Jan. 1, 1996 Jan. 1, 1996 https://doi.org/10.15094/00002842

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
TH95-GC1604_0-5 0.0 - 0.05 Dark grayish yellow to olive diatomaceous mud with 10% sand-sized grains Open marine with high diatom productivity AIOM Bulk combustion 3450.0 ± 60.0 1758.0 2233.0-1313.0 None
TH95-GC1604_109-114 1.09 - 1.14 Dark greenish gray mud Open marine environment with a moderate productivity influences by shelf ice/ice sheet AIOM Bulk combustion 9220.0 ± 70.0 8395.0 8909.0-7957.0 None
TH95-GC1604_133-138 1.33 - 1.38 Dark greenish gray mud Open marine environment with a moderate productivity influences by shelf ice/ice sheet AIOM Bulk combustion 14440.0 ± 70.0 15157.0 15729.0-14501.0 None
TH95-GC1604_172-175 1.72 - 1.75 Dark greenish gray mud Open marine environment with a moderate productivity influences by shelf ice/ice sheet AIOM Bulk combustion 21200.0 ± 170.0 23211.0 23768.0-22631.0 None
TH95-GC1604_187-192 1.87 - 1.92 Consolidated dark gray to dark greenish gray silty sand to gravelly sandy silt, >30% sand-sized grains, only fragmented diatoms Sediments loaded by a grounded ice sheet AIOM Bulk combustion 36320.0 ± 980.0 39191.0 41033.0-36918.0 None
TH95-GC1604_244-249 2.44 - 2.49 Consolidated dark gray to dark greenish gray silty sand to gravelly sandy silt, >30% sand-sized grains, only fragmented diatoms Sediments loaded by a grounded ice sheet AIOM Bulk combustion 37640.0 ± 1130.0 40373.0 42095.0-38225.0 None

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