Linking Modern Benthic Communities and Taphonomic Processes to the Stratigraphic Record of Antarctic Cores
Abstract: This project answers a simple question: why are there so few fossils in sediment cores from Antarctica's continental shelf? Antarctica's benthos are as biologically rich as those of the tropics. Shell-secreting organisms should have left a trail throughout geologic time, but have...
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dataone:http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/600076 2024-10-03T18:45:37+00:00 Linking Modern Benthic Communities and Taphonomic Processes to the Stratigraphic Record of Antarctic Cores Furbish, David Miller, Molly ENVELOPE(163.41667,163.91667,-77.33333,-77.7) BEGINDATE: 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2009-08-31T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/600076 unknown IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center Antarctic Earth Sciences Biology Geochronology Marine Sediments Southern Ocean Biosphere Oceans US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC) Dataset 2009 dataone:urn:node:IEDA_USAP 2024-10-03T18:12:02Z Abstract: This project answers a simple question: why are there so few fossils in sediment cores from Antarctica's continental shelf? Antarctica's benthos are as biologically rich as those of the tropics. Shell-secreting organisms should have left a trail throughout geologic time, but have not. This trail is particularly important because these organisms record regional climate in ways that are critical to interpreting the global climate record. This study uses field experiments and targeted observations of modern benthic systems to examine the biases inflicted by fossil preservation. By examining a spectrum of ice-affected habitats, this project provides paleoenvironmental insights into carbonate preservation, sedimentation rates, and burial processes; and will provide new approaches to reconstructing the Cenozoic history of Antarctica. Broader impacts include graduate and undergraduate research and education, development of undergraduate curricula to link art and science, K12 outreach, public outreach via the web, and societal relevance through improved understanding of records of global climate change. Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Southern Ocean IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center (via DataONE) Antarctic Southern Ocean ENVELOPE(163.41667,163.91667,-77.33333,-77.7) |
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Abstract: This project answers a simple question: why are there so few fossils in sediment cores from Antarctica's continental shelf? Antarctica's benthos are as biologically rich as those of the tropics. Shell-secreting organisms should have left a trail throughout geologic time, but have not. This trail is particularly important because these organisms record regional climate in ways that are critical to interpreting the global climate record. This study uses field experiments and targeted observations of modern benthic systems to examine the biases inflicted by fossil preservation. By examining a spectrum of ice-affected habitats, this project provides paleoenvironmental insights into carbonate preservation, sedimentation rates, and burial processes; and will provide new approaches to reconstructing the Cenozoic history of Antarctica. Broader impacts include graduate and undergraduate research and education, development of undergraduate curricula to link art and science, K12 outreach, public outreach via the web, and societal relevance through improved understanding of records of global climate change. |
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Linking Modern Benthic Communities and Taphonomic Processes to the Stratigraphic Record of Antarctic Cores |
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Linking Modern Benthic Communities and Taphonomic Processes to the Stratigraphic Record of Antarctic Cores |
title_full |
Linking Modern Benthic Communities and Taphonomic Processes to the Stratigraphic Record of Antarctic Cores |
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Linking Modern Benthic Communities and Taphonomic Processes to the Stratigraphic Record of Antarctic Cores |
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Linking Modern Benthic Communities and Taphonomic Processes to the Stratigraphic Record of Antarctic Cores |
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linking modern benthic communities and taphonomic processes to the stratigraphic record of antarctic cores |
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IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center |
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2009 |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Southern Ocean |
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