| Title | Synthesis of the initial scientific results of the MIS Project (AND-1B Core), Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica |
| Author | Naish, T.R.; Powell, R.; Levy, R.; Henrys, S.; Krissek, L.; Niessen, F.; Pompilio, M.; Scherer, R.; Wilson, G.S.; ANtarctic geological DRILLing-McMurdo Ice Shelf (ANDRILL-MIS) Science Team |
| Author Affil | Naish, T.R., Victoria University of Wellington, Antarctic Research Centre, Wellington, New Zealand. Other: Northern Illinois University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Northern Illinois University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Ohio State University; Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Federal Republic of Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy; University of Otago, New Zealand |
| Source | Studies from the ANDRILL, McMurdo Ice Shelf Project, Antarctica; initial science report on AND-1B, edited by T.R. Naish, R. Powell and R. Levy. Terra Antartica, 14(3), p.317-327, . Publisher: Universita degli Studi di Siena, Sezione Scienze della Terra, Siena, Italy. ISSN: 1122- 8628 |
| Publication Date | 2007 |
| Notes | In English. 27 refs. GeoRef Acc. No: 284743. CRREL Acc. No: 62005081 |
| Index Terms | boreholes; correlation; ocean environments; paleoclimatology; Pleistocene; Antarctica--McMurdo Ice Shelf; Southern Ocean- -McMurdo Sound; Southern Ocean--Victoria Land Basin; AND-1B Core; Antarctica; Cenozoic; chronostratigraphy; cores; cyclostratigraphy; depositional environment; igneous rocks; lithofacies; lithostratigraphy; marine environment; McMurdo Ice Shelf; McMurdo Sound; Miocene; Neogene; paleoenvironment; Pliocene; Quaternary; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; sedimentary rocks; seismic stratigraphy; sequence stratigraphy; Southern Ocean; stratigraphic units; Tertiary; unconformities; Victoria Land Basin; volcanic rocks |
| Abstract | The ANDRILL Program successfully recovered a 1285 m-long succession of cyclic glacimarine sediment with interbedded volcanic deposits in its first season of drilling from the McMurdo Ice Shelf (MIS). The MIS AND-1B drill core represents the longest and most complete (98% recovery) geological record from the Antarctic continental margin to date, and will provide a key reference record of climate and ice- sheet variability through the late Cenozoic. Here we present a synopsis of this Initial Science Report with emphasis on the potential of the record for improving our knowledge of Antarctica's influence on global climate. |
| Publication Type | journal article |
| Record ID | 84158 |