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Data Publication

Cosmogenic in situ 14C data and calculated surface exposure ages for 9 erratic cobbles collected from Mount Murphy, West Antarctica

Adams, Jonathan R. | Venturelli, Ryan A. | Goehring, Brent M. | Johnson, Joanne S. | Roberts, Stephen J. | Rood, Dylan H.

British Geological Survey - National Geoscience Data Centre (UKRI/NERC)

(2024)

This dataset consists of measurements of cosmogenic 14C in quartz for cobbles collected from a series of nunataks (Turtle Rock, Notebook Cliffs, scoria cone) proximal to Mount Murphy, a volcanic edifice located between Pope and Thwaites glaciers, West Antarctica. The cobbles were collected during the 2015-2016 Antarctic field season. The dataset includes 13 cosmogenic nuclide surface exposure ages and all field (location, elevation, shielding, thickness) and analytical laboratory data required to calculate in situ 14C exposure ages. Analytical data includes quartz sample mass, total CO2 liberated from the sample, delta-13C, 14C/12C AMS ratios and 14C/12C AMS ratios of procedural blanks. Funding source: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC): Grants NE/S006710/1, NE/S006753/1 and NE/K012088/1 and National Science Foundation (NSF): Grant: OPP-1738989. The dataset is a component of the "Geological History Constraints" project of the NERC-NSF funded International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC).

Keywords


Originally assigned keywords
EARTH SCIENCECRYOSPHEREGLACIERSICE SHEETSGLACIERS
EARTH SCIENCECRYOSPHEREGLACIERSICE SHEETSICE SHEETS
EARTH SCIENCESOLID EARTHGEOCHEMISTRYGEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIESISOTOPES
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Amundsen Sea Embayment
Carbon14
Pope Glacier
Surface exposure ages
erratic cobbles

MSL enriched keywords
analysis
geochronology
carbon-14 dating
measured property
age of sample
carbon-14 age
igneous rock - extrusive
pyroclastic rock
scoria
minerals
silicate minerals
tectosilicates
quartz
unconsolidated sediment
tephra
scoria
equipment
mass spectrometer
accelerator mass spectrometer

MSL enriched sub domains i

geochemistry


Source publisher

British Geological Survey - National Geoscience Data Centre (UKRI/NERC)


DOI

10.5285/dbb30962-bbf3-434a-9f27-6de2f61a86e2


Authors

Adams, Jonathan R.

0000-0002-8511-8766

British Antarctic Survey;

Venturelli, Ryan A.

0000-0001-9548-0382

Colorado School of Mines;

Goehring, Brent M.

0000-0001-6405-5156

Los Alamos National Laboratory;

Johnson, Joanne S.

0000-0003-4537-4447

British Antarctic Survey;

Roberts, Stephen J.

0000-0003-3407-9127

British Antarctic Survey;

Rood, Dylan H.

0000-0002-4425-4702

Imperial College London;


Contributers

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0000-0002-8511-8766

British Antarctic Survey;

Researcher

0000-0002-8511-8766

British Antarctic Survey;

ProjectManager

0000-0001-9548-0382

Colorado School of Mines;

Researcher

0000-0001-6405-5156

Los Alamos National Laboratory;

ProjectManager

0000-0003-4537-4447

British Antarctic Survey;

Researcher

0000-0003-3407-9127

British Antarctic Survey;

Researcher

0000-0002-4425-4702

Imperial College London;

DataManager

Natural Environment Research Council;

Distributor

Natural Environment Research Council;

HostingInstitution

Natural Environment Research Council;


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References

Balco, G., Stone, J. O., Lifton, N. A., & Dunai, T. J. (2008). A complete and easily accessible means of calculating surface exposure ages or erosion rates from 10Be and 26Al measurements. Quaternary Geochronology, 3(3), 174–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2007.12.001

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Balco, G., Brown, N., Nichols, K., Venturelli, R. A., Adams, J., Braddock, S., Campbell, S., Goehring, B., Johnson, J. S., Rood, D. H., Wilcken, K., Hall, B., & Woodward, J. (2023). Reversible ice sheet thinning in the Amundsen Sea Embayment during the Late Holocene. The Cryosphere, 17(4), 1787–1801. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1787-2023

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Goehring, B. M., Schimmelpfennig, I., & Schaefer, J. M. (2014). Capabilities of the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory in situ 14C extraction laboratory updated. Quaternary Geochronology, 19, 194–197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2013.01.004

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References

Johnson, J. S., Roberts, S. J., Rood, D. H., Pollard, D., Schaefer, J. M., Whitehouse, P. L., Ireland, L. C., Lamp, J. L., Goehring, B. M., Rand, C., & Smith, J. A. (2020). Deglaciation of Pope Glacier implies widespread early Holocene ice sheet thinning in the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 548, 116501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116501

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Nichols, K. A., & Goehring, B. M. (2019). Isolation of quartz for cosmogenic in situ 14C analysis. https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2019-7

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Contact

UK Polar Data Centre

Natural Environment Research Council;


Citiation

Adams, J., Venturelli, R., Goehring, B., Johnson, J., Roberts, S., & Rood, D. (2024). Cosmogenic in situ 14C data and calculated surface exposure ages for 9 erratic cobbles collected from Mount Murphy, West Antarctica (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/DBB30962-BBF3-434A-9F27-6DE2F61A86E2


Collection Period

2015-12-10 - 2016-01-31


Geo location(s)

Amundsen Sea Embayment Antarctica

Mount Murphy Antarctica

Pope Glacier Antarctica

Kay Peak Antarctica

Turtle Rock Antarctica