Poster Number 44
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Abstract:
The samples at the USPRR can provide provenance information for sediment cores taken in the Pacific Ocean, Scotia, Bellingshausen and Weddell seas. Currently, more than 15,000 rock samples are available at the rock repository including about 500 outcrop samples from the Antarctic Peninsula and 84 dredge samples from the Scotia Sea, Weddell Sea and Pacific Ocean. The cataloged outcrop samples come from Seymour Island, the South Shetland Islands and Graham Land. Formations and groups represented by these samples include the Antarctic Peninsula Volcanic Group, the Trinity Peninsula Group, the Scotia Metamorphic Complex, the Nordenskjold Formation, and the Lopez de Bertodano Formation. The USPRR also houses ~2000 samples from Ellsworth Land at the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. More than 1000 samples remain to be cataloged from the Antarctic Peninsula and include: sedimentary rocks from Seymour Island; igneous and sedimentary rocks from the South Shetland Islands; igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks from Graham Land.
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