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Colhoun, Eric A; Kiernan, Kevin W; McConnell, Anne; Quilty, Patrick G; Fink, David; Murray-Wallace, Colin V; Whitehead, Jason M (2010): Granulometry, geochemistry, amino acids, radiocarbon ages and paleomagnetics of samples from Heidemann Valley [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808548, Supplement to: Colhoun, EA et al. (2010): Late Pliocene age of glacial deposits at Heidemann Valley, East Antarctica: evidence for the last major glaciation in the Vestfold Hills. Antarctic Science, 22(1), 53-64, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102009990526

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Abstract:
A Pliocene (2.6-3.5 Ma) age is determined from glacial sediments studied in a 20m long, 4 m deep trench excavated in Heidemann Valley, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. The age determination is based on a combined study of amino acid racemization, diatoms, foraminifera, and magnetic polarity, and supports earlier estimates of the age of the sedimentary section; all are beyond 14C range. Four till units are recognized and documented, and 16 subunits are identified. All are ascribed to deposition during a Late Pliocene glaciation that was probably the last time the entire Vestfold Hills was covered by an enlarged East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS). Evidence for other more recent glacial events of the 'Vestfold Glaciation' may have been due to lateral expansion of the Sorsdal Glacier and limited expansion of the icesheet margin during the Last Glacial Maximum rather than a major expansion of the EAIS. The deposit appears to correlate with a marine deposition event recorded in Ocean Drilling Program Site 1166 in Prydz Bay, possibly with the Bardin Bluffs Formation of the Prince Charles Mountains and with part of the time represented in the ANDRILL AND-1B core in the Ross Sea.
Project(s):
International Polar Year (2007-2008) (IPY)
Coverage:
Latitude: -68.578000 * Longitude: 77.994000
Event(s):
Heidemann_VT * Latitude: -68.578000 * Longitude: 77.994000 * Elevation: 30.0 m * Location: Heidemann Valley, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica * Method/Device: Excavation (EXC)
Comment:
Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Colhoun, EA; Kiernan, KW; McConnell, A et al. (2010): (Table III) AMS radiocarbon ages of samples from Heidemann Valley trench, Antarctica. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808544
  2. Colhoun, EA; Kiernan, KW; McConnell, A et al. (2010): (Table IV) Degree of amino acid racemization (total acid hydrolysate) in fossil molluscs from Heidemann Valley trench, Antarctica. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808545
  3. Colhoun, EA; Kiernan, KW; McConnell, A et al. (2010): (Table V) Distribution of diatoms in samples from Heidemann Valley trench, Antarctica. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808546
  4. Colhoun, EA; Kiernan, KW; McConnell, A et al. (2010): (Table II) Geochemical composition of samples from Heidemann Valley trench, Antarctica. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808543
  5. Colhoun, EA; Kiernan, KW; McConnell, A et al. (2010): (Table I) Grain size composition of samples from Heidemann Valley trench, Antarctica. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808542
  6. Colhoun, EA; Kiernan, KW; McConnell, A et al. (2010): (Table VII) Paleomagnetic characteristics of samples from Heidemann Valley trench, Antarctica. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808547