Not logged in
PANGAEA.
Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science

Elverhoi, Anders (1981): Age determination of eastern Weddel Sea sediments [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.735652, Supplement to: Elverhoi, A (1981): Evidence for a late Wisconsin glaciation of the Weddell Sea. Nature, 293(5834), 641-642, https://doi.org/10.1038/293641a0

Always quote citation above when using data! You can download the citation in several formats below.

Published: 1981 (exact date unknown) • DOI registered: 2010-04-21

RIS CitationBibTeX Citation ShareShow MapGoogle Earth

Abstract:
The huge ice shelves in West Antarctica -the Ross and Filchner/Ronne Ice Shelves- habe probably extended out on th continental shelf during the late Wisconsin (Stuiver et al., 1981). Previous discussions, which have focused on the Ross Sea, have suggested (1) that the ice extended across the whole continental shelf (Denton et al., 1975; Kellog et al., 1979, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1979)7<249:LQEOTW>2.0.CO;2) or (2) that there was only a minor ecpansion (Drewry, 1979). Here we present sedimentological data from the Weddel Sea which suggests that a late Wisconsin grounded ice sheet extended to the shelfe edge. The evidence includes a recent thicker ice in Ellsworth Mountains at the head of the Filchner/Ronne Ice Shelf (Rutford et al., 1980). This thickening would lead to an expansion of the inland ice sheet over the continental shelf, filling up the Weddell Sea embayment.
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -73.548444 * Median Longitude: -31.260778 * South-bound Latitude: -74.376167 * West-bound Longitude: -39.440667 * North-bound Latitude: -72.166667 * East-bound Longitude: -16.583333
Date/Time Start: 1979-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1979-01-01T00:00:00
Event(s):
NARE79_212 * Latitude: -74.376167 * Longitude: -37.758333 * Date/Time: 1979-01-01T00:00:00 * Elevation: -512.0 m * Recovery: 0.4 m * Campaign: NARE79 * Basis: Polarsirkel * Method/Device: Gravity corer (GC)
NARE79_214 * Latitude: -74.102500 * Longitude: -39.440667 * Date/Time: 1979-01-01T00:00:00 * Elevation: -730.0 m * Recovery: 3 m * Campaign: NARE79 * Basis: Polarsirkel * Method/Device: Gravity corer (GC)
NARE79_234 * Latitude: -72.166667 * Longitude: -16.583333 * Date/Time: 1979-01-01T00:00:00 * Elevation: -650.0 m * Recovery: 1.3 m * Campaign: NARE79 * Basis: Polarsirkel * Method/Device: Gravity corer (GC)
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
3 datasets

Download Data

Download ZIP file containing all datasets as tab-delimited text — use the following character encoding:

Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Elverhoi, A (1981): (Table 1) Radiocarbon age determinations on sediment core NARE79_212. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.140250
  2. Elverhoi, A (1981): (Table 1) Radiocarbon age determinations on sediment core NARE79_214. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.140251
  3. Elverhoi, A (1981): (Table 1) Radiocarbon age determinations on sediment core NARE79_234. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.140252