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.

Alternate title: Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00566

Date (Publication): 2016-05-26

Citation identifier: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00566

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Antarctic Survey		pdc@bas.ac.uk	Custodian
British Antarctic Survey	Polar Data Centre	pdc@bas.ac.uk	Originator

Maintenance and update frequency: 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: Other restrictions

Other constraints: All data are subject to NERC data policy.

Language: English

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Begin date: 2005-11-15

End date: 2006-01-15

Reference system identifier: OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Distribution format

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey		pdc@bas.ac.uk	Distributor

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification: INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

Title: INSPIRE Data Specification on unknown theme Guidelines

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.