Antarctic Rock Geochemistry with Elemental Composition and Location Data

A dataset from 1994 contains information on rocks collected from Antarctica. It includes chemical composition, structure, age, lithology, type, and location for each sample. The data was aggregated by the organization AU_AADC.

Use Cases

• Classify rock types based on chemical composition and lithology fields.
• Analyze geochemical trends and elemental distributions across Antarctic locations using latitude and longitude.
• Correlate rock age with specific mineralogical signatures indicated by oxide and element concentrations.
• Map sample provenance and stratigraphic units using location, strat name, and strat number fields.

Strengths

• Contains a detailed list of over 70 measured chemical elements and compounds per sample.
• Includes multiple metadata fields such as location, age, lithology, and stratigraphic information for context.

Limitations

• Last updated 1994-04-12 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

AU_AADC via NASA Earthdata (nasa_earthdata).

Collection Method

Likely contains laboratory measurements of physical rock samples.

Time Range

1994

Freshness

1994-04-12 23:59:59.999000

Geography

Antarctica.