Bottom currents, sedimentation and ice-sheet retreat facies successions on the MacRobertson shelf, East Antarctica

Created 23/01/2026

Updated 23/01/2026

Measurements of water turbidity, currents, seafloor sediment samples and geophysical data document the sedimentary processes and the Late Quaternary sedimentary history of a continental shelf valley system on the East Antarctic continental margin.

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Title Bottom currents, sedimentation and ice-sheet retreat facies successions on the MacRobertson shelf, East Antarctica
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/d9a1e1df-af5a-4f82-89c8-0c3c76f47168
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Bottom currents, sedimentation and ice-sheet retreat facies successions on the MacRobertson shelf, East Antarctica". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/bottom-currents-sedimentation-and-ice-sheet-retreat-facies-successions-on-the-macrobertson-shel3