Rock samples collected from the Ellsworth Mountains, 2005-2006

200+ erratic and bedrock samples were collected for cosmogenic isotope analysis, as well as several depth profiles of tills. Samples were collected from 11 sites along a 350km transect stretching from Pirrit Hills in the south to the ridge between Mt Bentley and Mt Hubley in the north. Most sites were on the western (West Antarctic Ice Sheet) side of the range but includes Flowers Hills on the east side of the range, adjacent to the Rutford Ice Stream. Throughout, the emphasis was on taking samples to allow dating of any changes in ice altitude/extent.

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00566
Date (Publication)
2016-05-26
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00566
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 > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Geomorphology > Glacial Landforms/Processes
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Glaciation
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Isotopes
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Sediments
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Paleoclimate Reconstructions > Sea Level Reconstruction
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals > Igneous Rocks
INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Ellsworth Mountains
  • WAIS
  • Weddell Sea Embayment
  • erratics
  • glacial transport
  • rock samples
Use limitation
All data are subject to NERC data policy.
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
All data are subject to NERC data policy.
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
2005-11-15
End date
2006-01-15
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
OnLine resource
http://www.dur.ac.uk/geography/research/research_projects/?mode=project&id=51
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

Date
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement
The quality of the samples is excellent as the majority of the lithologies we sampled were quartz-rich sandstones and quartzites. Initial laboratory results confirmed that these samples contain abundant material for analysis.
File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_00566 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2016-05-26
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/00566
 
 

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