Dataset Entry
Land Surface - Data Access
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AFI 02/65_01 - Investigation of widespread enhanced flow in the interior of the Antarctic ice sheet - Airborne radio-echo sounding measurements
Airborne radio-echo sounding (RES) measurements of surface elevation, bed topography and ice thickness were made across the Bailey/Slessor region of East Antarctica. The primary objective of this research was to investigate the newly discov...>> |
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AFI 02/65_02 - Analysis of surface elevation, bed topography and ice thickness
Analysis of surface elevation, bed topography and ice thickness across the Bailey/Slessor region of East Antarctica. ...>> |
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AFI 05/03_01 - Timing and rates of ice sheet thinning in the Ellsworth Mountains, Weddell Sea embayment - Rock samples collected from the Ellsworth Mountains
200+ erratic and bedrock samples were collected from 11 sites along a 350km transect. Rocks include erratic boulders bedrock and sediments from altitudinal transects: sampling consisted of hammer and chisel, petrol-powered rock saw (in a fe...>> |
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AFI 05/03_02 - Timing and rates of ice sheet thinning in the Ellsworth Mountains, Weddell Sea embayment - Powders, solutions and residues
For each of the rock samples analysed in the lab, a (variable) number of laboratory stages are created, including sawing and crushing residues, pure quartz separates, chemical solutions, and AMS targets. ...>> |
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AFI 05/03_03 - Timing and rates of ice sheet thinning in the Ellsworth Mountains, Weddell Sea embayment - AMS measurements
AMS measurements of cosmogenic isotopes from rock samples collected from the Ellsworth Mountains in 2005/2006. Pressed AMS targets will be measured at SUERC to yield exposure ages. ...>> |
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AFI 05/03_04 - Timing and rates of ice sheet thinning in the Ellsworth Mountains, Weddell Sea embayment - Glacial geomorphological data
Glacial geomorphological data from the Ellsworth Mountains. Satellite imagery and aerial photography, ground truthing, surveying and GPS traverses were used for geomorphological mapping. Additional photographic and weathering data were use...>> |
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AFI 05/03_05 - Timing and rates of ice sheet thinning in the Ellsworth Mountains, Weddell Sea embayment - Ice sheet model runs
The GLIMMER ice sheet model will be used to simulate former ice sheet configurations in the Weddell Sea embayment, constrained against our new field data. ...>> |
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AFI 05/25_01 - Rock samples collected from central Alexander Island in the 2004/2005 field season.
Rock samples were collected from the northern LeMay Range, southern Douglas Range and the Lully Foothills of Alexander Island, Antarctica, and transferred to the Open University ("OU") via the British Antarctic Survey. Samples wer...>> |
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AFI 05/25_03 - Mapping and measurement of rock-types and structures collected from central Alexander Island
Key geological boundaries were identified and mapped onto aerial photos and satellite images. ...>> |
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AFI 05/32_01 - Soil and biological samples collected from Signy, Antarctica
To identify and quantify soil N species over a full growth season, small volumes of soil were removed from each sampling site 5 times during the field season and extracted in the laboratory. Bare soil at higher elevations, namely Observatio...>> |
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AFI 05/32_02 - Chemical analyses of soil samples collected from Signy, Antarctica
To identify and quantify soil N species over a full growth season, small volumes of soil were removed from each sampling site 5 times during the field season and extracted in the laboratory. Bare soil at higher elevations, namely Observatio...>> |
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AFI 05/32_03 - Soil and ambient air temperature collected from Signy, Antarctica
Soil temperature was monitored at 5 soil sampling times and ambient air temperature was monitored at each site throughout the field season. The sampling sites were: Bare soil at higher elevations, namely Observation Bluff, Factory Bluffs, J...>> |
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AFI 08/08_01 - Analysis of soil solution samples
In order to investigate the availability of peptides in the soils on Signy, the soil solution was sampled throughout the summer season, from mid November until early March. Soil solution samples were extracted under vacuum, with minimal dis...>> |
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AFI 08/08_02 - Soil temperature measurements
Soil solution samples were analysed (AFI 08/08_01) for different forms of nitrogen, including peptides. Concurrent measurements of soil temperature were carried out to determine the effect of temperature on the availability of different nit...>> |
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AFI 08/08_03 - Soil moisture measurements
Soil solution samples were analysed (AFI 08/08_01) for different forms of nitrogen, including peptides. Concurrent measurements of soil moisture were carried out to determine the effect of moisture on the availability of different nitrogen ...>> |
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AFI 08/08_04 - Isotopic labelling experiements
The field measurements (AFI 08/08_01 - AFI 08/08_03) were used to determine the availability of peptide nitrogen to photosynthetic organisms and soil microbes. In order to fully understand their significance in the Maritime Antarctic nitro...>> |
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AFI 09/01_01 - Geodatabase of terrestrial and marine dates
More well-constrained dates are urgently required in order to reduce the complexity visible in radiocarbon dates on the continental shelf. The geodatabase provides many conflicting ages, and improving chronological control on ice sheet retr...>> |
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Analysis of fungal cultures, plant and soil samples collected from the northern Antarctic Peninsula region in 2002/2003
This study investigated the status of dark septate ("DS") fungi in Antarctic plant and soil communities, with the aim of determining the abundance of DS fungi in plant roots and rhizoids, their taxonomic affinities and their symbi...>> |
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Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) measurements on geological samples from the Theron Mountains, Antarctica collected during the 2004/2005 field season
Laboratory measurements of the Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS), made on a collection of sill samples. AMS involves the collection of some 1 metric tonne of oriented samples and the lab based determination of the magmatic flow fa...>> |
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Antarctic Microclimate Data
Automatic data loggers are often used to monitor environmental variables such as temperature (of air and soil), humidity, wind speed and radiation in microclimates where experimental or ecological studies are being carried out. Some loggers...>> |
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Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province (AGAP) - Gravity
During the International Polar Year 2007-1009, the seven nation Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province (AGAP) expedition aquired a detailed image of the ice sheet bed deep in the interior of East Antarctica. Airborne geophysical methods were use...>> |
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Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province (AGAP) - Magnetics
During the International Polar Year 2007-1009, the seven nation Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province (AGAP) expedition aquired a detailed image of the ice sheet bed deep in the interior of East Antarctica. Airborne geophysical methods were use...>> |
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Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province (AGAP) - Radio Echo Sounding
During the International Polar Year 2007-1009, the seven nation Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province (AGAP) expedition aquired a detailed image of the ice sheet bed deep in the interior of East Antarctica. Airborne geophysical methods were use...>> |
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Argon-Argon dating, field data and selected geochemical analysis data of rock samples collected in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica in 2000/2001
The style and volume of magmatism varies between margins from large volume flood basalts such as the Parana or Deccan provinces to less volumetric margins such as the southern part of the South Atlantic. This case (Collaborative Awards in S...>> |
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BAS Geological Data - Overview
The British Antarctic Survey holds one of the most extensive collections of Antarctic rocks and fossils anywhere in the world. These are predominately from the Antarctic Peninsula region and Scotia Arc, although there is also important mat...>> |
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BEDMAP ice-thickness database
Data describing the thickness of the Antarctic ice sheet collected on surveys undertaken over the past 50 years have been brought together into a single database. These data have allowed the compilation of a suite of seamless digital topogr...>> |
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Fungal cultures, plant and soil samples (live and frozen) collected from the northern Antarctic Peninsula region in 2002/2003
Three plant species, the leafy liverwort Cephaloziella varians and the angiosperms Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis, were sampled from 12 islands across a 1480 km latitudinal gradient from South Georgia through to Adelaide I...>> |
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Geological field observations from the Theron Mountains, Antarctica collected during the 2004/2005 field season
Field observations, made during the 2004/2005 field season, using such features as sill steps, sill bridges, orientated phenocrysts and asymmetric structures to determine regional magma flow directions in the Theron Mountains. A full photog...>> |
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Geological samples from the Theron Mountains, Antarctica collected during the 2004/2005 field season
Collection of over 1 tonne of rock samples in the Theron Mountains, with an emphasis on the mainline of the enscarpment, which was reached by climbing the scree slopes at the base of the cliffs or by traversing the skyline, during the 2004/...>> |
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Geological station and sample field data plus processed geochemical data from rocks collected in eastern Ellsworth Land, Antarctica during the 2002/2003 field season
Examining the provenance of certain sedimentary rock sequences can potentially identify where sequences were originally deposited in relation to each other. Minerals found in sediments that are resistant to earth surface processes such as w...>> |
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Raw geochemical analyses data (zircon analysis) from rocks collected in eastern Ellsworth Land, Antarctica during the 2002/2003 field season
A new technique that coupled SHRIMP U-Pb analyses with Laser ablation ICP isotope analyses for detrital zircons enabled the provenance of sediments from the English Coast region to be better assessed than had been previously possible. Such...>> |
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Rock samples collected in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica in 2000/2001
The style and volume of magmatism varies between margins from large volume flood basalts such as the Parana or Deccan provinces to less volumetric margins such as the southern part of the South Atlantic. This CASE (Collaborative Awards in S...>> |
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Soil, rock and biological samples from the Moutonnee, Ablation and Citadel Lakes, Antarctica, 2001/2002
The general reference data consists of soil, rock and biological samples. These were analysed for grain size, CHN and carbon isotopes. ...>> |
