Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Chronology of late Wisconsin ice retreat from the western Ross Sea, Antarctica Licht, Kathy J and Jennings, Anne E and Andrews, John T and Williams, Kerstin M Geology, 1996 https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0223:COLWIR>2.3.CO;2
Distinguishing subglacial till and glacial marine diamictons in the western Ross Sea, Antarctica: implications for a last glacial maximum grounding line Licht, KJ and Dunbar, NW and Andrews, JT and Jennings, AE Geological Society of America Bulletin, 1999 https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0091:DSTAGM>2.3.CO;2
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
DF87-32 Antarctica, Ross Sea None Gravity -73.48517 170.85067 457.0 1.89 Sample size was too small to yeild an accurate date

Expedition information

Expedition name Ship Start date End date Report DOI
DF87 USCGC Glacier Dec. 17, 1986 Jan. 16, 1987 https://osu-mgr.org/OSU-DF87

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
CAMS-4062 0.18 - 0.2 Muddy diatomaceous ooze Seasonally-open marine AIOM Bulk Combustion 23390.0 ± 240.0 25613.0 26254.0-24976.0 None
AA-9361 0.8 - 0.845 Diatomaceous mud Seasonally-open marine Mixed bivalves, gastropods, forams Carbonate hydrolysis 27720.0 ± 340.0 29942.0 30745.0-29147.0 None
CAMS-4063 1.19 - 1.21 Mud Glacial marine AIOM Bulk Combustion 19400.0 ± 310.0 21166.0 22061.0-20294.0 None

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