Antarctic Sediment Core Inventory From National Collection Transfer

From 2018, this dataset documents the transfer of a national Antarctic sediment collection, totaling 18,512 meters of core material. The inventory includes 8,787 large diameter D-tubes, 2,968 small diameter D-tubes, 4,998 core boxes, and 729 sample totes. The collection was managed by AMD_USAPDC and physically moved to Oregon State University in July-August 2018.

Use Cases

• Cataloging sediment core types (D-tubes, core boxes) and their quantities for collection management.
• Analyzing the total linear meters of core material (18,512 m) for research scope assessment.
• Tracking sample request fulfillment (20 requests) and researcher visits (6 visits) to gauge collection usage.
• Planning logistics for physical sample storage based on container counts (D-tubes, boxes, totes).

Strengths

• Inventory details 18,512 meters of core material transferred.
• Specifies counts for 4 distinct container types (D-tubes, boxes, totes).
• Documents 20 sample requests and 6 researcher visits handled.

Limitations

• No sample-level metadata (e.g., depth, location, composition) is described.
• Data is a one-time snapshot from a 2018 transfer event with no stated updates.
• The total number of individual samples or rows is unknown.

Provenance

Source

AMD_USAPDC (United States Antarctic Program Data Center).

Collection Method

Documentation from the physical re-curation and transfer of a sediment core collection.

Time Range

2018 (transfer occurred July-August 2018).

Freshness

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Geography

Antarctica (sediment collection origin).