Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Late Quaternary history of sedimentation on the Mac. Robertson Shelf, East Antarctica: problems with 14C-dating of marine sediment cores Harris, PT and O'brien, PE and Sedwick, P and Truswell, EM , 1996 https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.130.2.47
Bottom currents, sedimentation and ice-sheet retreat facies successions on the Mac Robertson shelf, East Antarctica Harris, PT and O'Brien, PE Marine Geology, 1998 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00047-4
Quatenary Antarctic ice-sheet fluctuations and Southern Ocean palaeoceanography: natural variability studies at the Antarctic CRC Harris, PT and Howard, W and O'Brien, PE and Sedwick, PN and Sikes, EL AGSO Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, 1999

Core information

Core name Region Collection date IGSN ID Core type Latitude (DD) Longitude (DD) Water depth
(m)
Core length
(m)
Comments
KROCK-GC3 Antarctica, East Antarctica Feb. 13, 1993 Gravity -67.26967 65.41783 134.0 None Station 129; 14C tracer was used on board for rates of primary production (https://doi.org/10.26179/vmg9-js25; pg. 82-83); 14C tracer was used on board for rates of primary production (https://doi.org/10.26179/vmg9-js25; pg. 82-83); 14C tracer was used on board for rates of primary production (https://doi.org/10.26179/vmg9-js25; pg. 82-83); 14C tracer was used on board for rates of primary production (https://doi.org/10.26179/vmg9-js25; pg. 82-83); 14C tracer was used on board for rates of primary production (https://doi.org/10.26179/vmg9-js25; pg. 82-83)

Expedition information

Expedition name Ship Start date End date Report DOI
KROCK-93 RV Aurora Australis Jan. 5, 1993 March 9, 1993 https://doi.org/10.26179/vmg9-js25

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
NZA4813 0.14 - 0.15 Siliceous mud and ooze Seasonal open-marine Foraminifera (unspecified) Carbonate hydrolysis 4314.0 ± 96.0 2818.0 3333.0-2314.0 14C tracer was used on board for rates of primary production (https://doi.org/10.26179/vmg9-js25; pg. 82-83)
NZA4814 0.55 - 0.57 Siliceous mud and ooze Seasonal open-marine Foraminifera (unspecified) Carbonate hydrolysis 8030.0 ± 110.0 7183.0 7606.0-6709.0 14C tracer was used on board for rates of primary production (https://doi.org/10.26179/vmg9-js25; pg. 82-83)

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