Metadata details
AADC-00090
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- Citation
- Franklin, D.C. (2003) Recent diatom and foraminiferal assemblages in surficial sediments of Prydz Bay, Antarctica., Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/577312B0D193B, Accessed: 2026-05-31
- Title
- Recent diatom and foraminiferal assemblages in surficial sediments of Prydz Bay, Antarctica.
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/577312B0D193B
- Created Date
- 2003-03-24
- Revision Date
- 2025-04-07
- Expected Date of Data Release
- 2003-03-24
- Data Version
- 1
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
Surficial bottom sediments collected from Prydz Bay, Antarctica contain three sedimentary facies, four foraminiferal faunas, and two diatom floras. A sandy diamict (Facies Ds) is deposited by iceberg rafting and reworked by currents of the Prydz Bay Cyclonic Gyre. A massive mud (Facies Mm) represents the sediments being supplied to the Bay and could provide a high resolution record of the Quaternary in Antarctica. A carbonate sand (Facies Cs) is a modern cold water carbonate deposited under special conditions on the outer continental shelf.
The presence of planktonic flora and fauna, and variations in sedimentological parameters are consistent with the physical oceanographic evidence for a large cyclonic gyre operating in the Bay.
The fields in this dataset are:
Sight Device Comments
Depth (m)
Sample
Foram
Diatom
Percentages of Individual species
Number of individuals counted.
Plankton
Quality
See the ANARE Research Note for further information.
Access
The dataset is publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1991-01-01 - Stop date: 1991-12-31
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > AMOEBOIDS > FORAMINIFERS
- EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > DIATOMS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MICROALGAE > DIATOMS
Additional Keywords
- PLANKTON
- CYCLONIC GYRE
- PRYDZ BAY
- FORAMINIFERAL
- DEPTH
- FAUNA
- ANTARCTICA
- SEDIMENTARY FACIES
- BIOGENIC CONTENT
- SUFICIAL SEDIMENTS
- DIATOMS
Locations
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- FIELD SURVEYS
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
Instruments
- SEDIMENT TRAPS
- SEDIMENT CORERS
Researchers
- franklin, d. (INVESTIGATOR)
- park, sarah (DIF AUTHOR)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AADC-00090 when using these data.
Project
ISO Topic
- BIOTA
- GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
- OCEANS
Dataset Language
- English
Orignating Centre
- Australian Antarctic Division
Dataset Progress
- COMPLETE
IDN Node
- AMD
- AMD/AU
- CEOS
Publications
- Franklin, D.C. (1993) Recent diatom and foraminiferal assemblages in surficial sediments of Prydz Bay, Antarctica., ANARE Research Notes, 90
Metadata Revision History
2003-03-24 - record created by Sarah Park. 2009-06-09 - record updated by Bruno Danis to add SCAR-MarBIN nodes. 2010-06-04 - record updated by Dave Connell to include PIC information. 2014-09-09 - record updated by Dave Connell. 2016-06-30 - record updated by Dave Connell to add a dataset DOI. 2023-08-15 - record updated by Dave Connell to add instrument keywords. 2025-04-07 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.
