Transantarctic Mountains Geophysical Data from Pensacola Pole Transect

Pensacola/Pole Transect Wx_X46a is part of the NSF-funded Contrasting Architecture and Dynamics of the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) collaborative research project. The dataset was contributed by organization SCIOPS and last updated in December 1999. Specific column details, row counts, and file formats are not provided in the source metadata.

Use Cases

• Analyzing geophysical transect data (Wx_X46a) to model subsurface architecture of the Transantarctic Mountains.
• Correlating specific NSF grant-funded project data (OPP-9615704, OPP-9615832) with other polar datasets for comparative studies.
• Using the geospatial location (Pensacola/Pole Transect) as a key feature for regional geological mapping and analysis.

Strengths

• Data originates from a formal, NSF-funded collaborative research project with specific grant identifiers.
• Dataset has a precise last update timestamp of 1999-12-22.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with no updates recorded for over 24 years.
• Critical metadata like column names, sample data, row count, and file size are unavailable.
• Geographic coverage is implied but not explicitly defined in the provided description.

Provenance

Source

National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs (grants OPP-9615704, OPP-9615832), organization SCIOPS.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Transantarctic Mountains, specifically the Pensacola/Pole Transect region.