Australian Ocean Data Network hosts data on the Prydz Channel Fan, a trough mouth fan on the Antarctic continental slope. The stratigraphy, derived from ODP Site 1167, indicates the bulk of the fan was deposited prior to the Brunhes-Matuyama Boundary (780 ka). This record documents the history of extreme advances of the Lambert Glacier-Amery Ice Shelf system.
Use Cases
- Modeling ice sheet retreat and advance cycles based on debris flow and mudstone stratigraphy.
- Investigating the impact of Milankovitch cycles on ice sheet response time as described.
- Analyzing the relationship between inner shelf over-deepening and ice volume changes.
- Studying subglacial till deposition patterns beneath slower-moving ice versus ice stream deposits.
Strengths
- Data is associated with a specific Ocean Drilling Program site (ODP Site 1167) providing a geological reference.
- Description provides a clear temporal marker (Brunhes-Matuyama Boundary at 780 ka) for the main deposition phase.
- The dataset focuses on a specific, well-defined geological feature (Prydz Channel Fan) in a key Antarctic region.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-05-05 05:05:21.704276; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Time Range
- Late Neogene to mid Pleistocene, with specific focus on period prior to 780 ka.
- Geography
- Prydz Bay, Antarctic continental slope.