GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_00048
English
dataset
British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
pdc@bas.ac.uk
pointOfContact
2022-03-22
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
1.0
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00048
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
OGP
BAS geological data - overview
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00048
2022-03-22
publication
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00048
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=
The British Antarctic Survey holds one of the most extensive collections of Antarctic rocks and fossils anywhere in the world. These are predominately from the Antarctic Peninsula region and Scotia Arc, although there is also important material from areas such as the Ellsworth Mountains, Marie Byrd Land and the Transantarctic Mountains.
Some of these specimens go back to the very earliest days of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in the 1940s, and include collections made by the pioneer geologists at bases such as Hope Bay and Deception Island. Right from the outset, every specimen collected in Antarctica has been numbered and catalogued, and a vast reference archive is now available for use by the geoscience community.
We currently have information relating to 150,000 field samples often with associated analysis data such as geochemistry. Additionally we hold a variety of data for nearly 500 marine cores. Metadata and data are stored digitally within a number of Oracle 10g database tables and for some datasets such as the type and figured fossil collection there is external access through a web interface. However, a significant number of datasets exist only in analog form and are held within the BAS archives organised by individual geologist.
This abstract acts as an overview of the BAS geological data - both terrestrial and marine.
British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
High Cross, Madingley Road
Cambridge
CB3 0ET
UK
pdc@bas.ac.uk
custodian
British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
High Cross, Madingley
Cambridge
CB3 0ET
UK
pdc@bas.ac.uk
originator
unknown
NDGO0001
NERC_DDC
NERC OAI Harvesting
2022-03-22
revision
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Geomorphology > Tectonic Landforms/Processes
EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Macrofossils
EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Microfossils
EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records > Macrofossils
EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records > Microfossils
EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Geochemistry > Chemical Weathering
EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals > Age Determinations
EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals > Igneous Rocks
EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals > Metamorphic Rocks
EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals > Sedimentary Rocks
EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals > Sediments
GCMD Parameter Valids
2022-03-22
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Geology
INSPIRE themes
2022-03-22
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fossils
geochemistry
marine cores
palaeontology
rocks
BAS Free-text keywords
2022-03-22
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English
geoscientificInformation
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1943-01-01
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Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
pdc@bas.ac.uk
distributor
dataset
Conformity_001
INSPIRE
INSPIRE Data Specification on unknown theme Guidelines
See the referenced specification
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