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Mid-Cretaceous stratigraphy of the James Ross Basin, Antarctica
1 January, 2006 by Alistair Crame
The extensive Cretaceous sedimentary sequence exposed within the James Ross Basin, Antarctica, is critical for regional stratigraphic correlations in the Southern Hemisphere, and also for our understanding of the radiation…Read more on Mid-Cretaceous stratigraphy of the James Ross Basin, Antarctica
ESA’s new range of radar altimeters for the extraction of geophysical parameters from land, sea ice and ocean surfaces
1 January, 2006
Despite the loss of CryoSat, ESA’s first Earth opportunity mission, during its launch sequence in Oct 2005 ESA have been fortunate enough to have acquired, processed to Level 1b and…ADMAP – a digital magnetic anomaly map of the Antarctic
1 January, 2006 by Fausto Ferraccioli
For a number of years the multi-national ADMAP working group has been compiling near surface and satellite magnetic data in the region south of 60° S. By the end of…Read more on ADMAP – a digital magnetic anomaly map of the Antarctic
Distribution, lithofacies and environmental context of Neogene glacial sequences on James Ross and Vega islands, Antarctic Peninsula
1 January, 2006 by Alistair Crame
Considerable controversy exists concerning the stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Neogene Period. The northern Antarctic Peninsula is in a critical position in this debate as it represents…Palaeoclimate analysis of Late Cretaceous of angiosperm leaf floras, James Ross Island, Antarctica
1 January, 2006 by Alistair Crame
The fossilized remains of Cretaceous angiosperm leaves are preserved within sandstones and siltstones of the Coniacian Hidden Lake Formation (Gustav Group) and the Santonian-early Campanian Santa Marta Formation (Marambio Group)…Physiological traits of organisms in a changing environment
1 January, 2006 by Peter Convey
Antarctic ecosystems represent one extreme of the continuum of environmental conditions across the planet. To our eyes, the environment appears harsh but, even though terrestrial biological diversity is restricted, a…Read more on Physiological traits of organisms in a changing environment
Mechanisms for the acceleration of radiation belt electrons
1 January, 2006 by Richard Horne, Sarah Glauert
During the declining phase of the solar cycle fast solar wind streams produce corotating interaction regions (CIRs) that drive moderate geomagnetic storms. These storms often have an unusually long recovery…Read more on Mechanisms for the acceleration of radiation belt electrons
Colonisation processes
1 January, 2006 by Kevin Hughes, Peter Convey
Impacts of long-line fishing on seabirds: toward identifying geographical “hotspots” of seabird mortality
1 January, 2006
The purpose of RTD 08 was to canvass the collating, into a centralized database, of all tracking data on seabirds (principally albatrosses and petrels) affected by long-line fisheries. The objective:…Interaction of EMIC waves with thermal plasma and radiation belt particles
1 January, 2006 by Richard Horne, Sarah Glauert
Electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves are excited during the enhanced convective injection of plasmasheet ions into the inner magnetosphere. Waves grow rapidly near the magnetic equatorial plane reaching amplitudes up to…Read more on Interaction of EMIC waves with thermal plasma and radiation belt particles
Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana
1 January, 2005 by Philip Leat
The process of terrane accretion is vital to the understanding of the formation of continental crust. Accretionary orogens affect over half of the globe and have a distinctively different evolution…Nd and Sr isotopic signatures of metasedimentary rocks around the South Pacific margin and implications for their provenance
1 January, 2005 by Philip Leat
An Nd-Sr isotope database, including c. 200 new analyses, is presented for Palaeozoic and Mesozoic metasedimentary successions extending through southeastern Australia, New Zealand, West Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula to…Life, death and fighting at high latitudes: a review
1 January, 2005 by David Barnes
In earth's history, having two frozen polar regions is unusual. Not only do these regions experience extreme light climates and associated primary productivity, but freezing sea temperatures and seasonally intense…Read more on Life, death and fighting at high latitudes: a review
Differences in foraging behaviour and feeding ecology in giant petrels
1 January, 2005
The two sibling species of giant petrels (northern Macronectes halli and the southern M. giganteus), the dominant scavengers of the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic environment, are one of the best examples…Read more on Differences in foraging behaviour and feeding ecology in giant petrels
Biodiversity on coastal boulders at Spitsbergen
1 January, 2005 by David Barnes
Boulder communities were studied in summer 2002 in West Spitsbergen fiords. We examined multiple samples at three stations in Kongsfjorden (79° N, 12° E) and three stations in Hornsund (77°…Read more on Biodiversity on coastal boulders at Spitsbergen
Lithospheric mantle domains beneath Antarctica
1 January, 2005 by Philip Leat, Teal Riley
The chemistry of mafic volcanic rocks and minor intrusions erupted on continents can be used to define sub-continental asthenospheric and lithospheric mantle sources. Data have been collated from Antarctica and…Sexual segregation in seals
1 January, 2005 by Iain Staniland
Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana: introduction
1 January, 2005 by Philip Leat
The process of terrane accretion is vital to the understanding of the formation of continental crust. Accretionary orogens affect over half of the globe and have a distinctively different evolution…Read more on Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana: introduction
Episodicity of Mesozoic terrane accretion along the Pacific margin of Gondwana: implications for superplume–plate interactions.
1 January, 2005 by Philip Leat
A review of evidence for deformation and terrane accretion on the Late Triassic–Early Jurassic margins of Pangea and the mid-Cretaceous margins of the palaeo-Pacific ocean shows that deformation was global…Sexual differences in foraging behaviour and diets: a case study of wandering albatrosses
1 January, 2005
Albatrosses and petrels (Procellariiformes) are a group of pelagic seabird species that exhibit a wide range in body mass and some degree of sexual dimorphism (Warham 1990; Croxall 1995). Within…Natural and plastic flotsam strading in the Indian Ocean
1 January, 2004 by David Barnes
Over long periods of geological time the island rich NE Indian Ocean region has developed to be a region of high marine species richness but in the last few decades…Read more on Natural and plastic flotsam strading in the Indian Ocean
Coupling between substorms and ULF disturbances at polar latitudes
1 January, 2004
The trans-Antarctic search-coil magnetometer network has been used to study a possible coupling between the nighttime substorm activity and the behavior of ULF pulsations in the dayside cusp and nightside…Read more on Coupling between substorms and ULF disturbances at polar latitudes
Pattern and process in marine biogeography: a view from the poles
1 January, 2004 by Alistair Crame
This 436-page book was developed in association with the International Biogeography Society and concentrates explicitly on the fundamental change in historical biogeography, island biogeography and marine biogeography that occurred between…Read more on Pattern and process in marine biogeography: a view from the poles
BGDL-II: a GPS data logger for birds
1 January, 2004 by Richard Phillips
We have developed a new GPS data logger consisting of a receiver, timer, memory, and battery. It is principally designed for long period tracking of migratory birds. It can fix…Paleolimnological studies from the Antarctic and subantarctic islands
1 January, 2004 by Dominic Hodgson
To compile reference data for palaeolimnological studies using fossil pigment, we examined the extent to which environmental variables, gross morphology and species composition influence the modern pigment content of in…Read more on Paleolimnological studies from the Antarctic and subantarctic islands
Raman spectroscopic studies of Antarctic endoliths and epiliths
1 January, 2004 by Roger Worland
Antarctica has long been recognised as a putative analogue for Mars' past (1) and any life there is surviving in extreme conditions. Raman spectroscopy has been proved as a suitable…Read more on Raman spectroscopic studies of Antarctic endoliths and epiliths
Prydz Bay fan and the history of extreme ice advances in Prydz Bay
1 January, 2004
During the late Neogene, the Lambert Glacier–Amery Ice Shelf drainage system flowed across Prydz Bay in an ice stream that reached the shelf edge and built a trough mouth fan…Read more on Prydz Bay fan and the history of extreme ice advances in Prydz Bay
Lower Jurassic floras from Hope Bay and Botany Bay, Antarctica
1 January, 2004
Hope Bay and Botany Bay, Graham Land, Antarctica have yielded two of the most diverse floras known from the Jurassic. Because of its high diversity, as well as its early…Read more on Lower Jurassic floras from Hope Bay and Botany Bay, Antarctica
Migration of fishery resources in the World’s oceans
1 January, 2004 by Paul Rodhouse
All fish, and other motile fishery resources, make migrations. These range from tens or hundreds of metres to large-scale oceanic migrations over thousands of kilometres. Migrations are usually cyclical over…Read more on Migration of fishery resources in the World’s oceans
The biology, ecology and vulnerability of deep-water coral reefs
1 January, 2004
Deep-sea coral reefs live in the cold, dark waters of the oceans but like shallow water tropical coral reefs they have a distinct, diverse and sometimes highly endemic associated animal…Read more on The biology, ecology and vulnerability of deep-water coral reefs
The biology, ecology and vulnerability of seamount communities
1 January, 2004
While much remains unknown about seamount communities, scientific evidence suggests that high seas bottom trawling may have significant and irreversible impacts on the diversity and ecology of seamounts and other…Read more on The biology, ecology and vulnerability of seamount communities
Marine predators at South Georgia: an overview of recent bio-logging studies
1 January, 2004 by Philip Trathan
There is a unique diversity and density of land-based marine predators breeding at Bird Island, South Georgia, operating at a wide variety of spatial and temporal scales. These provide exceptional…Read more on Marine predators at South Georgia: an overview of recent bio-logging studies
Antarctic Peninsula climate variability: historical and paleoenvironmental perspectives
1 January, 2003 by Peter Convey
The Antarctic Peninsula region represents our best natural laboratory to investigate how earth's major climate systems interact and how such systems respond to rapid regional warming. The scale of environmental…Read more on Antarctic Peninsula climate variability: historical and paleoenvironmental perspectives
Interpretation of polarisation behaviour of radar waves transmitted though Antarctic ice shelves
1 January, 2003 by Adrian Jenkins, Hugh Corr, Keith Nicholls
We have collected polarimetric ice sounding radar data on Brunt, George VI and Ronne ice shelves using a vector network analyser as a continuous wave step-frequency radar. Being a wideband…Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) Research Initiative
1 January, 2003 by Robert Larter
The Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) project is a new international research initiative to study the climate and glacial history of Antarctica by linking climate and ice sheet modeling studies with…Read more on Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) Research Initiative
Resolving mantle components in oceanic lavas from segment E2 of the East Scotia back-arc ridge, South Sandwich Islands
1 January, 2003 by Philip Leat, Robert Larter
The East Scotia Ridge, situated in the South Atlantic, is the back-arc spreading centre to the intra-oceanic South Sandwich arc. Samples from the ridge show a wide diversity in erupted…A synthesis of growth rates in marine epipelagic invertebrate zooplankton
1 January, 2003
We present the most extensive study to date of globally compiled and analysed weight-specific growth rates in marine epi-pelagic invertebrate metazoan zooplankton. Using specified selection criteria, we analyse growth rates…Read more on A synthesis of growth rates in marine epipelagic invertebrate zooplankton