Synthesis of the Initial Scientific Results of the MIS Project (AND-1B Core), Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Naish, T., Powell, R., Levy, R., Henrys, S., Krissek, L., Niessen, F., Pompilio, M., Scherer, R., Wilson, G., ANDRILL-MIS Science Team
• Other Authors: Naish, T.; Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - GNS Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Powell, R.; Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA, Levy, R.; ANDRILL Science Management Office, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA, Henrys, S.; GNS Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Krissek, L.; Department of Geosciences, the Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, Niessen, F.; Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, Pompilio, M.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Pisa, Pisa, Italia, Scherer, R.; Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA, Wilson, G.; Department of Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ANDRILL-MIS Science Team; http://www.andrill.org/support/references/appendixc.html, ANDRILL-MIS Science Team, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - GNS Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA, ANDRILL Science Management Office, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA, GNS Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Department of Geosciences, the Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Pisa, Pisa, Italia, Department of Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, http://www.andrill.org/support/references/appendixc.html
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Terra Antartica Publication 2007
• Subjects: MIS project; ANDRILL; ANTARCTICA; 03. Hydrosphere::03.01. General::03.01.06. Paleoceanography and paleoclimatology; Antarctic; McMurdo Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/3364

The ANDRILL Program successfully recovered a 1285 m-long succession of cyclic glacimarine sediment with interbedded volcanic deposits in its first season of drilling from the McMurdo Ice Shelf (MIS). The MIS AND-1B drill core represents the longest and most complete (98% recovery) geological record from the Antarctic continental margin to date, and will provide a key reference record of climate and ice-sheet variability through the Late Neogene. Here we present a synopsis of this Initial Science Report with emphasis on the potential of the record for improving our knowledge of Antarctica’s influence on global climate. Published 3.8. Geofisica per l'ambiente 2.2. Laboratorio di paleomagnetismo N/A or not JCR open