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Rock samples, rock powders and mineral separates collected from eastern Ellsworth Land, 2002-2003

Despite the important tectonic and stratigraphic setting, rocks from the English Coast area remain largely unstudied, as the paucity of exposure has hindered detailed structural and sedimentological analysis. Samples were collected for zircon analysis following a traverse starting at the English Coast and ending at Sky-Blu. A total of around 250kg of rock were collected and rocks at Fitzgerald Bluffs were revisited and sampled for the first time in 25 years. Highlights included the recognition of a previously undiscovered granitoid body and the discovery of fossils that tentatively indicate that Permian rocks are more widespread in the region.

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00551
Date (Publication)
2016-06-08
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00551
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  British Antarctic Survey - Polar Data Centre
High Cross, Madingley , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown Unknown
Keywords
  • NDGO0001
NERC OAI Harvesting
  • NERC_DDC
GCMD Parameter Valids
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Macrofossils
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Microfossils
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals > Igneous Rocks
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals > Sedimentary Rocks
INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Ellsworth Land
  • English Coast
  • mineral seperates
  • zircon analysis
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
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Begin date
2002-12-01
End date
2003-03-31
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
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dataset Dataset

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File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_00551 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2016-06-08
Metadata standard name
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Dataset URI
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00551
 
 

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