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University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan GEOLOGY of the SCOTT GLACIER and WISCONSIN RANGE AREAS, CENTRAL TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS, ANTARCTICA
This dissertation has been /»OOAOO m icrofilm ed exactly as received MINSHEW, Jr., Velon Haywood, 1939- GEOLOGY OF THE SCOTT GLACIER AND WISCONSIN RANGE AREAS, CENTRAL TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS, ANTARCTICA. The Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1967 Geology University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan GEOLOGY OF THE SCOTT GLACIER AND WISCONSIN RANGE AREAS, CENTRAL TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS, ANTARCTICA DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University by Velon Haywood Minshew, Jr. B.S., M.S, The Ohio State University 1967 Approved by -Adviser Department of Geology ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report covers two field seasons in the central Trans- antarctic Mountains, During this time, the Mt, Weaver field party consisted of: George Doumani, leader and paleontologist; Larry Lackey, field assistant; Courtney Skinner, field assistant. The Wisconsin Range party was composed of: Gunter Faure, leader and geochronologist; John Mercer, glacial geologist; John Murtaugh, igneous petrclogist; James Teller, field assistant; Courtney Skinner, field assistant; Harry Gair, visiting strati- grapher. The author served as a stratigrapher with both expedi tions . Various members of the staff of the Department of Geology, The Ohio State University, as well as some specialists from the outside were consulted in the laboratory studies for the pre paration of this report. Dr. George E. Moore supervised the petrographic work and critically reviewed the manuscript. Dr. J. M. Schopf examined the coal and plant fossils, and provided information concerning their age and environmental significance. Drs. Richard P. Goldthwait and Colin B. B. Bull spent time with the author discussing the late Paleozoic glacial deposits, and reviewed portions of the manuscript. -
Jörg M. Schäfer
JÖRG M. SCHÄFER LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY • THE EARTH INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ROUTE 9W • PALISADES, NY 10964 • USA PHONE: 1 845 365 8756 • FAX: 1 845 365 8155 • EMAIL: [email protected] Personal Born 1968 in Stuttgart, Germany Citizenship: German Language: german, english, french 90 Morningside Drive • Apt. 2G New York • NY-10027 Education Lamont Research Professor Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University Adjunct Professor Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University Doherty Associate Research Scientist (September 2003-November 2008) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University Postdoctoral Research Fellow (January 2001-August 2003) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University Postdoctoral Researcher (February 2000-October 2000) Dept. of Earth Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich Ph.D. (March 1996-June 2000) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich. Dissertation: Reconstruction of landscape evolution and continental paleoglaciations using in-situ cosmogenic nuclides. Jointly supervised by Profs. R. Wieler, C. Schlüchter, A.N. Halliday at the Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich Masters Degree (“Diplom”) in Physics (1995) Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Reconstruction of bio-geochemical trace substance cycles from an alpine ice- core. Supervisors: Dr. D. Wagenbach, Prof. U. Platt. Exchange student • ERASMUS program (1991-92) Department of Physics, University of Aix- Marseille III, -
Federal Register/Vol. 84, No. 78/Tuesday, April 23, 2019/Rules
Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 78 / Tuesday, April 23, 2019 / Rules and Regulations 16791 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., nor does it require Agricultural commodities, Pesticides SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The any special considerations under and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as Executive Order 12898, entitled requirements. amended (‘‘ACA’’) (16 U.S.C. 2401, et ‘‘Federal Actions to Address Dated: April 12, 2019. seq.) implements the Protocol on Environmental Justice in Minority Environmental Protection to the Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., Populations and Low-Income Antarctic Treaty (‘‘the Protocol’’). Populations’’ (59 FR 7629, February 16, Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. Annex V contains provisions for the 1994). Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is protection of specially designated areas Since tolerances and exemptions that amended as follows: specially managed areas and historic are established on the basis of a petition sites and monuments. Section 2405 of under FFDCA section 408(d), such as PART 180—[AMENDED] title 16 of the ACA directs the Director the tolerance exemption in this action, of the National Science Foundation to ■ do not require the issuance of a 1. The authority citation for part 180 issue such regulations as are necessary proposed rule, the requirements of the continues to read as follows: and appropriate to implement Annex V Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371. to the Protocol. et seq.) do not apply. ■ 2. Add § 180.1365 to subpart D to read The Antarctic Treaty Parties, which This action directly regulates growers, as follows: includes the United States, periodically food processors, food handlers, and food adopt measures to establish, consolidate retailers, not States or tribes. -
1- 7555-01 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 09/28/2015 and available online at http://federalregister.gov/a/2015-24522, and on FDsys.gov 7555-01 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 AGENCY: National Science Foundation ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications Received under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, P.L. 95-541. SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of permit applications received. DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, or views with respect to this permit application by [INSERT 30 DAYS FROM DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER]. This application may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit Office, address below. ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Li Ling Hamady, ACA Permit Officer, at the above address or [email protected] or (703) 292-7149. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as directed by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-541), as amended by the Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, has developed regulations for the establishment of a permit system for various activities in Antarctica and designation of certain animals and certain geographic areas a requiring special protection. -
Proposal Description: Cenozoic Formation of the Antarctic Glacial Landscape Investigated by Low-Temperature Thermochronometry
PROPOSAL DESCRIPTION: CENOZOIC FORMATION OF THE ANTARCTIC GLACIAL LANDSCAPE INVESTIGATED BY LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOMETRY Summary: This pre-proposal outlines a drilling program aimed at investigating the origin of the present glacial landscape in the fjord system of the western Antarctic Peninsula by applying novel methods of low-temperature thermochronometry. This, in turn, is important in understanding the Cenozoic geologic history of Antarctica and, more broadly, in understanding the role of glaciation in climate-solid Earth interactions. Accomplishing this requires samples of the present bedrock surface in the location of maximum Cenozoic erosion, that is, glacial valley bottoms. Thus, the major challenge is the inherent inaccessibility of the Antarctic landscape: the only significant regions of Antarctica that are not now covered by ice are below present sea level. To overcome this challenge, we propose to employ an IODP mission-specific platform, specifically, a semiautonomous seabed drill suitable for short coring of crystalline bedrock in formerly glaciated and now submarine fjord bottoms. In the following sections: i) we explain why understanding Cenozoic glacial erosion in Antarctica is important; ii) we describe how we propose to develop this understanding; and iii) we outline criteria for a drilling program necessary to implement this strategy. 1. The when and how of Cenozoic glacial erosion: why is it important? Understanding how and when glacial landscapes form is broadly important for two reasons. First, formation of geomorphic features diagnostic of glaciation, e.g., cirques, U-shaped valleys, and landscapes of selective linear erosion (localized glacial troughs incised into an otherwise low-relief landscape; Sugden, 1978) requires the presence of glaciers. -
Cape Adare, Borchgrevink Coast
Measure 2 (2005) Annex L Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 159 CAPE ADARE, BORCHGREVINK COAST (including Historic Site and Monument No. 22, the historic huts of Carsten Borchgrevink and Scott’s Northern Party and their precincts) 1. Description of Values to be Protected The historic value of this Area was formally recognized when it was listed as Historic Site and Monument No. 22 in Recommendation VII-9 (1972). It was designated as Specially Protected Area No. 29 in Measure 1 (1998) and redesignated as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) 159 in Decision 1 (2002). There are three main structures in the Area. Two were built in February 1899 during the British Antarctic (Southern Cross) Expedition led by C.E. Borchgrevink (1898-1900). One hut served as a living hut and the other as a store. They were used for the first winter spent on the Antarctic continent. Scott’s Northern Party hut is situated 30 metres to the north of Borchgrevink's hut. It consists of the collapsing remains of a third hut built in February 1911 for the Northern Party led by V.L.A. Campbell of R.F. Scott's British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition (1910-1913), which wintered there in 1911. In addition to these features there are numerous other historic relics located in the Area. These include stores depots, a latrine structure, two anchors from the ship Southern Cross, an ice anchor from the ship Terra Nova, and supplies of coal briquettes. Other historic items within the Area are buried in guano. Cape Adare is one of the principal sites of early human activity in Antarctica. -
Antarctic Peninsula Exhumation and Landscape Development Investigated by Low-Temperature Detrital Thermochronometry
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: ANTARCTIC PENINSULA EXHUMATION AND LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT INVESTIGATED BY LOW-TEMPERATURE DETRITAL THERMOCHRONOMETRY I. Overview and introduction. We propose to apply methods of low-temperature thermochronometry based on the (U-Th)/He system in apatite to investigate the exhumation history, the development of the present topography, and the pattern of glacial erosion in the central Antarctic Peninsula. Recent studies have used this approach to study the dramatic, high-relief landscapes formed by Pleistocene alpine glaciation in temperate latitudes, for example in New Zealand, The Alps, British Columbia, Alaska and Patagonia (Shuster et al, 2011; Valla et al., 2011; Shuster et al., 2005; Thomson et al., 2010; Berger et al., 2008; Ehlers et al., 2006). This research has revealed not only when the glacial valleys in these landscapes formed -- which is important in understanding the relationship between Plio-Pleistocene climate change, landscape evolution, and tectonics -- but also provided new insights into the pattern and physical processes of glacial erosion. In this work, we aim to apply this approach to the similarly dramatic glacial landscape of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Antarctic Peninsula is broadly similar to alpine glacial landscapes formed in temperate latitudes during the Pleistocene in that the dominant landforms are deep, steep-sided glacial troughs. Because of the contrast in glacial history between Antarctica and temperate regions, however, we expect the timing and history of its formation to be very different. Specifically, the Antarctic Peninsula has most likely been glaciated since the Eocene (Anderson et al., 2011; Davies et al., 2012 and references therein), and Pleistocene cooling is hypothesized to have suppressed, rather than enhanced, glacial erosion by establishment of polar conditions (e.g., Rebesco et al., 2005). -
SECTION THREE: Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica
SECTION THREE: Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica The need to protect historic sites and monuments became apparent as the number of expeditions to the Antarctic increased. At the Seventh Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting it was agreed that a list of historic sites and monuments be created. So far 74 sites have been identified. All of them are monuments – human artifacts rather than areas – and many of them are in close proximity to scientific stations. Provision for protection of these sites is contained in Annex V, Article 8. Listed Historic Sites and Monuments may not be damaged, removed, or destroyed. 315 List of Historic Sites and Monuments Identified and Described by the Proposing Government or Governments 1. Flag mast erected in December 1965 at the South Geographical Pole by the First Argentine Overland Polar Expedition. 2. Rock cairn and plaques at Syowa Station (Lat 69°00’S, Long 39°35’E) in memory of Shin Fukushima, a member of the 4th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, who died in October 1960 while performing official duties. The cairn was erected on 11 January 1961, by his colleagues. Some of his ashes repose in the cairn. 3. Rock cairn and plaque on Proclamation Island, Enderby Land, erected in January 1930 by Sir Douglas Mawson (Lat 65°51’S, Long 53°41’E) The cairn and plaque commemorate the landing on Proclamation Island of Sir Douglas Mawson with a party from the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929 31. 4. Station building to which a bust of V. I. Lenin is fixed, together with a plaque in memory of the conquest of the Pole of Inaccessibility by Soviet Antarctic explorers in 1958 (Lat 83°06’S, Long 54°58’E). -
National Science Foundation § 670.29
National Science Foundation § 670.29 the unique natural ecological system ASPA 115 Lagotellerie Island, Mar- in that area; and guerite Bay, Graham Land (c) Where a management plan exists, ASPA 116 New College Valley, information demonstrating the consist- Caughley Beach, Cape Bird, Ross Is- ency of the proposed actions with the land management plan. ASPA 117 Avian Island, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula § 670.29 Designation of Antarctic Spe- ASPA 118 Summit of Mount Mel- cially Protected Areas, Specially bourne, Victoria Land Managed Areas and Historic Sites ASPA 119 Davis Valley and Forlidas and Monuments. Pond, Dufek Massif, Pensacola Moun- (a) The following areas have been tains designated by the Antarctic Treaty ASPA 120 Pointe-Geologie Parties for special protection and are Archipelego, Terre Adelie hereby designated as Antarctic Spe- ASPA 121 Cape Royds, Ross Island cially Protected Areas (ASPA). The ASPA 122 Arrival Heights, Hut Point Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as Peninsula, Ross Island amended, prohibits, unless authorized ASPA 123 Barwick and Balham Val- by a permit, any person from entering leys, Southern Victoria Land or engaging in activities within an ASPA 124 Cape Crozier, Ross Island ASPA. Detailed maps and descriptions ASPA 125 Fildes Peninsula, King of the sites and complete management George Island (25 de Mayo) plans can be obtained from the Na- ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula, Living- tional Science Foundation, Office of ston Island, South Shetland Islands Polar Programs, National Science ASPA 127 Haswell Island Foundation, Room 755, 4201 Wilson ASPA 128 Western shore of Admiralty Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. Bay, King George Island, South Shet- ASPA 101 Taylor Rookery, Mac. -
UKNCAR Reporting Template Provide up to Two
UKNCAR Reporting Template Provide up to two pages of information following the structure below, only filling out those sections where there is new information to report. 1. Principal UK Researchers Claire Allen (BAS); Mike Bentley (Durham); Alex Burton-Johnson (BAS); Julian Dowdeswell (SPRI); Tina van De Flierdt (Imperial); Jane Francis (BAS); Jenny Gales (Plymouth); Kate Hendry (Bristol); Sian Henley (Edinburgh); Javier Hernandez-Molina (RHUL); Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand (BAS); Jo Johnson (BAS); Rob Larter (BAS); Erin McLymont (Durham); Keir Nichols (Imperial); Vicky Peck (BAS); Tim van Peer (Southampton); Clive Oppenheimer (Cambridge); Teal Riley (BAS); Steve Roberts (BAS); Laura Robinson (Bristol); Dylan Rood (Imperial); Richard Sanders (NOCS); Daniela Schmidt (Bristol); John Smellie (Leicester); James Smith (BAS); Pippa Whitehouse (Durham); John Woodward (Northumbria). 2. Major activities and International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC): progress since previous Following the first ITGC field season in Hudson Mountains year involving UK in 2019-20, Joanne Johnson (BAS) and John Woodward personnel/infrastructure (Northumbria), with support from Dylan Rood and Keir Nichols (Imperial), have been preparing rock samples for 10Be dating and processing radar data. The GHC team (co- led by Johnson) have chosen a site for subglacial bedrock recovery drilling in the Hudson Mountains, currently scheduled for the 2021-22 season (postponed from 2020- 21 due to covid). The GHC team have also constructed a Holocene relative sea-level curve for Pine Island Bay. ANiSEED project (NERC-funded): Joanne Johnson & Steve Roberts (BAS), Pippa Whitehouse (Durham) and Dylan Rood (Imperial) published a paper showing Holocene thinning of Pope Glacier, in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, which implies widespread early Holocene ice sheet thinning coinciding with enhanced upwelling of warm ocean water onto the continental shelf in this important area. -
Sea Ice and the Ocean Mixed Layer Over the Antarctic Shelf Seas
The Cryosphere, 8, 761–783, 2014 Open Access www.the-cryosphere.net/8/761/2014/ doi:10.5194/tc-8-761-2014 The Cryosphere © Author(s) 2014. CC Attribution 3.0 License. Sea ice and the ocean mixed layer over the Antarctic shelf seas A. A. Petty1,*, P. R. Holland2, and D. L. Feltham3 1Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK 2British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK 3Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, UK *now at: Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA Correspondence to: A. A. Petty ([email protected]) Received: 15 August 2013 – Published in The Cryosphere Discuss.: 30 August 2013 Revised: 28 February 2014 – Accepted: 12 March 2014 – Published: 29 April 2014 Abstract. An ocean mixed-layer model has been incorpo- The Weddell and Ross shelf seas show stronger spatial corre- rated into the Los Alamos sea ice model CICE to investi- lations (temporal mean – intra-regional variability) between gate regional variations in the surface-driven formation of the autumn/winter mixed-layer deepening and several atmo- Antarctic shelf waters. This model captures well the expected spheric variables compared to the Amundsen and Belling- sea ice thickness distribution, and produces deep (> 500 m) shausen. In contrast, the Amundsen and Bellingshausen shelf mixed layers in the Weddell and Ross shelf seas each winter. seas show stronger temporal correlations (shelf sea mean – This results in the complete destratification of the water col- interannual variability) between the autumn/winter mixed- umn in deep southern coastal regions leading to high-salinity layer deepening and several atmospheric variables. -
Historic Huts in the Antarctic from the Heroic Age
HISTORIC HUTS IN THE ANTARCTIC FROM THE HEROIC AGE R. K. Headland, 18 May 2017 Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB2 1ER <[email protected]> Existing huts (7) Location Winter year Expedition (year) vessel Winter leader Maintained by (personnel) (winter complement) Cape Adare 1899 (10) British Antarctic Expedition Carsten Antarctic Heritage (1898-1900) Southern Cross Borchgrevink Trust N.Z. Hut Point, Ross 1902, British National Antarctic Robert Scott Antarctic Heritage Island 1903 Expedition (1901-04) Discovery Trust N.Z. (45 in 1902, 37 in 1903) 1916 (3) lmperial Trans-Antarctic Not designated Expedition (1914-17) Aurora Snow Hill Island 1902 (6), Swedish South Polar Expedition Otto Nordenskjöld Instituto Antártico 1903 (6) (1901-03) Antarctic Argentino Laurie Island, 1906 (5) – Oficina Meteorológica Argentina Albin Lind and Instituto Antártico South Orkney present (1905-06) Austral subsequent leaders Argentino Islands Cape Royds, 1908 (15) British Antarctic Expedition Ernest Shackleton Antarctic Heritage Ross Island (1907-09) Nimrod Trust N.Z. Cape Evans, Ross 1911 (25) British Antarctic Expedition. Robert Scott Antarctic Heritage Island 1912 (13) (1910-13) Terra Nova Edward Atkinson Trust N.Z. 1915 (10) Imperial Trans-Antarctic Æneas Mackintosh 1916 (4) Expedition (1914-17) Aurora Not designated Commonwealth 1912 (18) Australasian Antarctic Expedition Douglas Mawson Mawson's Hut Bay 1913 (7) (1911-14) Aurora Foundation and Australian Antarctic Division Ruins (roofless) (5) Paulet Island 1903 (20)