2014 sediment cores collected by the Araon expedition near Jang Bogo Station and the Drygalski ice tongue in the Ross Sea, East Antarctica. The cores were processed to measure magnetic susceptibility (MS) and water content, and X-ray images were obtained. The data was created by AMD_KOPRI to reconstruct environmental changes from past climatic shifts.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past climatic changes based on sediment core stratigraphy.
- Analyze sediment properties like magnetic susceptibility (MS) for environmental indicators.
- Study sediment composition and structure using X-ray images.
- Model historical environmental conditions in the Ross Sea area.
Strengths
- Data originates from a specific Antarctic expedition in 2014.
- Includes multiple measurement types: magnetic susceptibility (MS), water content, and X-ray images.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2014-10-10 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- AMD_KOPRI
- Collection Method
- Sediment cores obtained via gravity corer and box corer during an Araon expedition, with laboratory measurements.
- Time Range
- 2014
- Geography
- Ross Sea area near Jang Bogo Station and Drygalski ice tongue, East Antarctica.