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Analysis of rock and fossil samples collected from James Ross Island, Antarctica
To obtain a global view of climate change, the climatic and evolutionary history of the Southern Hemisphere needs to be integrated into the picture, and an integration of high-latitude change is particularly important. To assist this integration, we applied the methods of palynology and Sr isotope stratigraphy to confirm and refine the numerical ages of the sedimentary succession within the Antarctic Peninsula.
We were able to establish a precise chronology using strontium isotope stratigraphy. Various calcitic and aragonitic fossil shells collected from these strata proved to be exceptionally well preserved and strontium isotope ratios obtained from them have provided some of the most accurate ages yet obtained for Cretaceous sedimentary rocks in the Southern Hemisphere. Revision of the age of the succession dramatically changed the accepted ages, by half a Stage, from Barremian-to-Santonian to Aptian-to-Coniacian.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2009-08-19
- Date (Revision)
- 2009-08-19
- Date (Publication)
- 2009-08-19
- Date (released)
- 2009-08-19
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1
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- 069a7ec9-7566-4856-901a-f76c924278a0
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- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00432
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University College London
McArthur, John
Author British Antarctic Survey Crame, Alistair
Author University of London
Thirlwall, Matthew
Author Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Kennedy, W James
Author University of Exeter
Pirrie, Duncan
Author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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- As needed
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- Completed
- Theme
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Geology
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Sr isotope stratigraphy
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Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks
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invertebrate macrofossils
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lithological samples
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palaeobotanical samples
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palynology samples
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palynostratigraphy
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James Ross Island Antarctica
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- Open Government Licence v3.0
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Data released under Open Government Licence V3.0:
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Requests for data can be made via the UK Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) at BAS.
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- Begin date
- 2001-09-01
- End date
- 2004-08-31
- Supplemental Information
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It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
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European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-11-12
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role European Petroleum Survey Group
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- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
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6.18.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Distributor
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Data collection:
The analyses were carried out in 2003 using a VG Sector 54 with 5 collectors.
The results were normalized to 0.710248 for NIST987 (old SRM987)
Data quality:
Various calcitic and aragonitic fossil shells collected from these strata proved to be exceptionally well preserved and strontium isotope ratios obtained from them have provided some of the most accurate ages yet obtained for Cretaceous sedimentary rocks in the Southern Hemisphere.
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- 069a7ec9-7566-4856-901a-f76c924278a0 XML
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- English
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2009-08-19
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ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
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ISO 19115:2003(E)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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