Transantarctic Mountains Geophysical Transect Data

Pensacola/Pole Transect Ey_Y02a is a geophysical dataset from the Contrasting Architecture and Dynamics of the Transantarctic Mountains research project. The project was funded by the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs and conducted by the organization SCIOPS. The dataset was last updated in December 1999.

Use Cases

• Analyze geophysical transect data to model the subsurface architecture of the Transantarctic Mountains.
• Study the dynamics of mountain formation using specific transect measurements like gravity or magnetic anomalies.
• Integrate this transect data with other regional geospatial datasets for a broader geological analysis.

Strengths

• Data originates from a formal NSF-funded research project with documented grant numbers OPP-9615704 and OPP-9615832.
• Dataset is part of a focused, collaborative study on a major Antarctic mountain range.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update in 1999, potentially limiting relevance to current models.
• Critical metadata such as row count, column names, file formats, and data size are unknown.
• The specific geophysical parameters measured along the transect are not detailed.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS, funded by National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs.

Collection Method

Collected as part of the Contrasting Architecture and Dynamics of the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) geophysical research project.

Freshness

1999-12-22

Geography

Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica.