Synthesis of the Initial Scientifi c Results of the MIS Project (AND-1B Core), Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica

Authors

T. R. Naish, Victoria University of WellingtonFollow
R. D. Powell, Northern Illinois UniversityFollow
R. H. Levy, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow
S. Henrys, GNS Sciences
L. Krissek, Ohio State University
F. Niessen, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine ResearchFollow
M. Pompilio, Istituto Nazionale di Geofi sica e Vulcanologia
R. Scherer, Northern Illinois University
G. S. Wilson, University of OtagoFollow

Date of this Version

2007

Comments

Published in Terra Antartica, 2007, 14(3), 317-327. © Terra Antartica Publication 2007

Abstract

The ANDRILL Program successfully recovered a 1285 m-long succession of cyclic glacimarine sediment with interbedded volcanic deposits in its first season of drilling from the McMurdo Ice Shelf (MIS). The MIS AND-1B drill core represents the longest and most complete (98% recovery) geological record from the Antarctic continental margin to date, and will provide a key reference record of climate and ice-sheet variability through the Late Cenozoic. Here we present a synopsis of this Initial Science Report with emphasis on the potential of the record for improving our knowledge of Antarctica’s influence on global climate.