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
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Originator
British Antarctic Survey
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Polar Data Centre
High Cross, Madingley
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Cambridge
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CB3 0ET
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UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown Unknown
- Keywords
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- NDGO0001
- NERC OAI Harvesting
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- NERC_DDC
- GCMD Parameter Valids
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- 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
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- Geology
- BAS Free-text keywords
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- Ellsworth Land
- English Coast
- mineral seperates
- zircon analysis
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
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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
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- OnLine resource
- http://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00553
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- INSPIRE / Conformity_001
Conformance result
- Date
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
- Statement
- No special comments
- 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
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