Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Retreat history of the Ross Ice Sheet (Shelf) since the Last Glacial Maximum from deep-basin sediment cores around Ross Island McKay, RM and Dunbar, GB and Naish, TR and Barrett, PJ and Carter, L and Harper, M Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.08.015
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
HWD03-2 Antarctica, Ross Sea Jan. 29, 2003 Gravity -77.83518 167.33682 923.0 0.62 HWD03 site 2 core 4 (Barrett et al., 2005); TOC: 0.71% (Barrett et al., 2005); TOC: 0.46% (Barrett et al., 2005); TOC: 0.61% (Barrett et al., 2005); TOC: 0.36% (Barrett et al., 2005)

Expedition information

Expedition name Ship Start date End date Report DOI
HWD03 Hot Water Drilling (not a ship) Jan. 1, 2003 Jan. 1, 2003 https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/antarctic/publications/antarctic-data-series/ADS25.pdf

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
NZA18138 0.01 - 0.025 Fine sandy mud Sub-ice shelf sand and mud AIOM Bulk Combustion 2701.0 ± 50.0 954.0 1328.0-586.0 None
NZA18139 0.28 - 0.29 Silty clay Sub-ice shelf sand and mud AIOM Bulk Combustion 6562.0 ± 45.0 5603.0 6041.0-5145.0 None
NZA18140 0.58 - 0.59 Silty clay Sub-ice shelf sand and mud AIOM Bulk Combustion 12797.0 ± 85.0 12983.0 13401.0-12612.0 None
NZA18847 0.09 - 0.1 Silty clay Sub-ice shelf sand and mud AIOM Bulk Combustion 4743.0 ± 40.0 3332.0 3813.0-2859.0 None

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