Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Reconstruction of ice-sheet changes in the Antarctic Peninsula since the Last Glacial Maximum Cofaigh, Colm {\'O} and Davies, Bethan J and Livingstone, Stephen J and Smith, James A and Johnson, Joanne S and Hocking, Emma P and Hodgson, Dominic A and Anderson, John B and Bentley, Michael J and Canals, Miquel and others Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.023
Ice sheet retreat from the Antarctic Peninsula shelf Pudsey, CJ and Barker, PF and Larter, RD Continental Shelf Research, 1994 https://doi.org/10.1016/0278-4343(94)90041-8

Core information

Core name Region Collection date IGSN ID Core type Latitude (DD) Longitude (DD) Water depth
(m)
Core length
(m)
Comments
D172-GC049 Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula March 23, 1988 Gravity -64.44333 -65.14833 547.0 4.01 Lithology from Figure 7, depths approximate; Lithology from Figure 7, depths approximate

Expedition information

Expedition name Ship Start date End date Report DOI
D172 RRS Discovery Dec. 17, 1987 March 30, 1988 https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/d172.pdf

Samples in this core

Sample ID Core depth
(m)
Lithology Facies interpretation Carbon type Sample preparation type Age (14C yr ± 1σ) Calibrated age, median probability (cal. yr BP) Calibrated age, 2σ range (cal. yr BP) Comments
OxA-3253 1.21 - 1.21 Diatomaceous mud with laminated diatom ooze (up to 90% Chaetoceros resting spores) at 2.5 m Seasonal-open marine AIOM Bulk combustion 10290.0 ± 110.0 9734.0 10272.0-9184.0 None
OxA-3254 2.9 - 2.9 Diatomaceous mud with laminated diatom ooze (up to 90% Chaetoceros resting spores) at 2.5 m Seasonal-open marine AIOM Bulk combustion 13110.0 ± 120.0 13303.0 13789.0-12819.0 None

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