Sediment cores from the Ross Sea near Jang Bogo Station and the Drygalski ice tongue were collected in 2014. The expedition measured magnetic susceptibility (MS) and water content on half-cut cores and captured X-ray images. AMD_KOPRI produced this data to reconstruct environmental changes from past climatic shifts in Antarctica.
Use Cases
- Reconstructing past climatic changes based on sediment core stratigraphy
- Analyzing environmental variability based on magnetic susceptibility (MS) measurements
- Studying sediment composition and structure based on X-ray images
- Correlating sediment properties with water content measurements
Strengths
- Data originates from a specific Antarctic expedition near Jang Bogo Station and the Drygalski ice tongue
- Includes multiple measurement types: magnetic susceptibility (MS), water content, and X-ray images
- Explicit purpose stated for reconstructing environmental changes from past climate
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Last updated 2014-10-13 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- AMD_KOPRI
- Collection Method
- Sediment cores obtained using gravity corer and box corer during an Araon-based expedition.
- Time Range
- 2014
- Geography
- Ross Sea area near Jang Bogo Station and the Drygalski ice tongue, East Antarctica