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-GC051 Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula March 24, 1988 Gravity -64.31333 -65.45000 575.0 4.34 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-3255 0.0 - 0.0 Diatomaceous mud with laminated diatom ooze (up to 90% Chaetoceros resting spores) at 2.0 m Seasonal- open marine AIOM Bulk combustion 4020.0 ± 90.0 2455.0 2948.0-1931.0 None
OxA-3256 1.0 - 1.0 Diatomaceous mud with laminated diatom ooze (up to 90% Chaetoceros resting spores) at 2.0 m Seasonal- open marine AIOM Bulk combustion 8550.0 ± 90.0 7698.0 8123.0-7301.0 None
OxA-3257 2.1 - 2.1 Diamicton Sub-ice shelf close to the grounding line AIOM Bulk combustion 12730.0 ± 130.0 12925.0 13383.0-12487.0 None

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