The ARA Islas Orcadas marine geology coring program: a research bibliography

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Cassidy, Dennis S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1988
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Southern Ocean; Argentina; Argentine; Orcadas; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400009189; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400009189

Abstract The final phase of operation of the US National Science Foundation research vessel, USNS Eltanin , was under the terms of an agreement between agencies of the governments of the US and the Republic of Argentina. Renamed ARA Islas Orcadas and operated by the Argentine Naval Hydrographic Service, the ship collected more than 2100 m of sediment cores and other specimens from the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean over a five-year period. These materials were shipped to Florida State University for processing and description, and from them have been distributed more than 27,000 samples to investigators worldwide. This article incorporates a bibliography covering all publications we have identified referring to results of analyses or other research based on samples from sediments collected by the Islas Orcadas programme.