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

Document Type

Article

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.