Transantarctic Mountains Geophysical Pole Transect Data

Pensacola/Pole Transect Ey_Y08a is a dataset from the Contrasting Architecture and Dynamics of the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) geophysical research project. The project was funded by the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs and the data was last updated in December 1999. The dataset is managed by the organization SCIOPS.

Use Cases

• Analyze geophysical transect data to model subsurface architecture of the Transantarctic Mountains.
• Correlate specific transect measurements (e.g., Ey_Y08a) with regional tectonic models.
• Use the transect's positional and measurement data for comparative studies of mountain range dynamics.

Strengths

• Data originates from a formal NSF-funded collaborative research project (OPP-9615704, OPP-9615832).
• Dataset is part of a focused study on the architecture and dynamics of a major Antarctic mountain range.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1999.
• No information is available on the row count, column names, or specific data volume.
• The specific file formats, data structure, and measurement types are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Contrasting Architecture and Dynamics of the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) project, funded by NSF OPP.

Collection Method

Collected as part of a geophysical research project, likely involving field measurements and transect surveys.

Freshness

1999-12-22

Geography

Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica (specific to the Pensacola/Pole transect area).