Core NBP9501-TC18 (Inner shelf, Challenger Basin)
Associated publications
| Title | Author(s) | Publication | DOI | View cores |
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| The 14C record of Late Pleistocene ice advance and retreat in the central Ross Sea, Antarctica | Licht, Kathy J and Andrews, John T | Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2002 | https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2002.12003501 |
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| 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 |
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Core information
| Core name | Region | Collection date | IGSN ID | Core type | Latitude (DD) | Longitude (DD) | Water depth (m) |
Core length (m) |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBP9501-TC18 | Antarctica, Ross Sea | Feb. 19, 1995 | Trigger | -77.33328 | 179.53592 | 819.0 | 0.72 | Olive gray (5Y5/2), subrounded, fine sand blebs with sharp contacts from 0.05 to 0.12 m. Lithology from NBP94-01 and NBP95-01 cruise reports.; Flat, angular, medium basaltic pebble at 28-29 cm. Olive gray (5Y 5/2), subrounded, fine sand blebs with sharp contacts from 0.19-0.23 m. Discontinuous, thin (<2 mm), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 5/) sandy mud laminae with gradational contacts between 0.28 and 0.32 m. Lithology from NBP94-01 and NBP95-01 cruise reports.; Olive gray (5Y 5/2), subrounded, fine to medium sand blebs at 0.35-0.36 m. Discontinous, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy mud laminae at 0.45-0.47 m (Gradational contacts) and 0.57-0.62 m (sharp contacts). Sand in laminae is fine to medium in size. Textured, olive gray (5Y 5/2) muddy (subrounded, fine to medium) sand layers at 0.47 to 0.485 and 0.485 to 0.56 m. Lithology from NBP94-01 and NBP95-01 cruise reports.; Lithology from NBP94-01 and NBP95-01 cruise reports. |
Expedition information
| Expedition name | Ship | Start date | End date | Report DOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBP95-01 | RV/IB Nathaniel B. Palmer | Feb. 7, 1995 | March 13, 1995 | https://doi.org/10.7284/905403 |
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 |
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| AA-27801 | 0.0 - 0.02 | Olive green (5Y 4/2) diatom-bearing, silt and sand-rich mud. Very fine to fine sand. Sharp, undulating lower contact. | Ice-distal glaciomarine | AIOM | Bulk combustion | 3735.0 ± 60.0 | Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available | Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available | None |
| AA-27802 | 0.26 - 0.28 | Grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), diatom bearing sandy mud. Very fine to medium sand. Sharp lower contact. Diatom content decreases to a trace and sand content increases down core (around 0.26 m) . | Ice-distal glaciomarine | AIOM | Bulk combustion | 20490.0 ± 260.0 | Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available | Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available | None |
| AA-27803 | 0.62 - 0.64 | Dark olive gray (5Y 3/2Silt and sand-rich mud. Black, 5Y 2.5/1, staining common. | Sub-ice shelf | AIOM | Bulk combustion | 24680.0 ± 490.0 | Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available | Calibrated age for default reservoir correction not available | None |
Associated documents
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