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-GC1606 Antarctica, Ross Sea None Gravity -76.77056 166.87667 751.0 2.96

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-GC1606_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 2440.0 ± 50.0 710.0 1095.0-350.0 None
TH95-GC1606_40-44 0.4 - 0.44 Dark grayish yellow to olive diatomaceous mud with 10% sand-sized grains Open marine with high diatom productivity AIOM Bulk combustion 8120.0 ± 40.0 7279.0 7652.0-6868.0 None
TH95-GC1606_75-80 0.75 - 0.8 Alternated clay and silt laminations, low sand-sized contents Sediments under floating ice AIOM Bulk combustion 20540.0 ± 180.0 22496.0 23036.0-21926.0 None
TH95-GC1606_139-144 1.39 - 1.44 Alternated clay and silt laminations, low sand-sized contents Sediments under floating ice AIOM Bulk combustion 24040.0 ± 260.0 26276.0 26983.0-25674.0 None
TH95-GC1606_178-182 1.78 - 1.82 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 29660.0 ± 190.0 31750.0 32587.0-31144.0 None
TH95-GC1606_198-204 1.98 - 2.04 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 33430.0 ± 690.0 35945.0 37599.0-34397.0 None
TH95-GC1606_239-243 2.39 - 2.43 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 32560.0 ± 270.0 35011.0 35711.0-34361.0 None

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