Antarctic Traverse Logs and Data from Casey, Law Dome, and Wilkes Land, 1980

A series of traverses were carried out from Casey over Law Dome and Wilkes Land in 1980. Information recorded includes navigation logs, conductivity measurements, trace element analysis of ice cores, tellurometer and magnetometer observations, snow profiles, gravity and barometric observations, and accumulation measurements. Physical copies of these documents are stored in the Australian Antarctic Division records store.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct historical atmospheric pressure conditions based on barometric observations and trace charts.
• Analyze ice core trace element composition for paleoclimate studies based on analysis logs.
• Model snow accumulation and density profiles based on snow profile measurements.
• Calibrate modern geophysical instruments using historical gravity and magnetometer observations.

Strengths

• Contains multiple concurrent measurement types (e.g., barometric, gravity, conductivity) from a single field campaign.
• Includes real-time barometric pressure trace charts, providing continuous temporal records.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 1980-12-31 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Antarctic Division (AU_AADC)

Collection Method

Field observations and instrument measurements recorded during traverse expeditions.

Time Range

1980

Freshness

Last updated 1980-12-31 23:59:59.999000

Geography

Antarctica: Casey station, Law Dome, Wilkes Land