Diatom and foraminiferal samples from surficial sediments of Prydz Bay, Antarctica

Occurrence Specimen
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May 7, 2021
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Description

Surficial bottom sediments have been collected from Prydz Bay, Antarctica from 5 voyages from 1981 to 1995. Devices used include gravity core, grabs, pipe dredge. Most collections are from 200 to 800 metres depth with the deepest at 3200 metres.

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Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Diatom and foraminiferal samples from surficial sediments of Prydz Bay, Antarctica.

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 96aa3736-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a.  Australian Antarctic Data Centre publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Atlas of Living Australia.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

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Geographic Coverage

Prydz Bay.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-68.981, 67.551], North East [-64.976, 77.489]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1991-01-20 / 1997-03-11

Additional Metadata

Marine, harvested by OBIS.

Alternative Identifiers 96aa3736-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
https://data.aad.gov.au/ipt/resource?r=prydz_diatoms