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Nd-Sr isotopes, diatom and biogenic opal content from marine Pliocene sediments, East Antarctica

The datasets provide neodymium and strontium isotope composition of Pliocene detrital sediments and additional regional core top samples, diatom species counts and biogenic opal content. These data related to Pliocene marine sediments recovered offshore of Adelie Land, East Antarctica from IODP (International Ocean Discovery Program) Site 318-U1361.

The data reveal dynamic behaviour of the East Antarctic ice sheet in the vicinity of the low-lying Wilkes Subglacial Basin during times of past climatic warmth. Sedimentary sequences deposited between 5.3 and 3.3 million years ago indicate increases in Southern Ocean surface water productivity, associated with elevated circum Antarctic temperatures. The geochemical provenance of detrital material deposited during these warm intervals suggests active erosion of continental bedrock from within the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, an area today buried beneath the East Antarctic ice sheet. This erosion is interpreted to be associated with retreat of the ice sheet margin several hundreds of kilometres inland and concludes that the East Antarctic ice sheet was sensitive to climatic warmth during the Pliocene.

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2015-10-01
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2015-10-01
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2015-10-01
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  Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University - Williams, Trevor ( Researcher )
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  Imperial College London - van de Flierdt, Tina ( Researcher )
Author
  Imperial College London - Cook, Carys ( Researcher )
Point of contact
  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , CB3 0ET , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 221400
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Biogenic Sediments
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Chemistry
Theme
  • IODP
  • Pliocene
  • biogenic
  • diatom
  • isotope
  • sediments
Place
  • Offshore of Adelie Land Antarctica
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Oceanographic geographical features
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This data is governed by the NERC data policy and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3
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Begin date
1973-01-17
End date
1973-01-17
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It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
Date (Publication)
2008-11-12
Publisher
  European Petroleum Survey Group
https://www.epsg-registry.org/
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
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6.18.3

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  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , CB3 0ET , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 221400
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
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  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , CB3 0ET , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 221400
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
 
 

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IODP Pliocene biogenic diatom isotope sediments
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Oceanographic geographical features
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Biogenic Sediments EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Chemistry

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