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Ripple cross-laminated sediments on the East Antarctic Shelf: evidence for episodic bottom water production during the Holocene?

Created 07/03/2026

Updated 07/03/2026

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Biosiliceous sediments sampled from a submarine valley system on the continental shelf of East Antarctica contain intervals of ripple cross-lamination interspersed with massively bedded units. Based on radiocarbon dates from one core collected on the Mac.Robertson Shelf, the most intensely cross-laminated sediments were deposited between 6 000 and 3 500 years before the present, with isolated cross-laminae deposited at other times in the Holocene.

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Title Ripple cross-laminated sediments on the East Antarctic Shelf: evidence for episodic bottom water production during the Holocene?
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/c3f9ba51-5f70-4cfb-b4ca-0e7709d55872
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Ripple cross-laminated sediments on the East Antarctic Shelf: evidence for episodic bottom water production during the Holocene?". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/ripple-cross-laminated-sediments-on-the-east-antarctic-shelf-evidence-for-episodic-bottom-water7