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Summary
The Dry Valleys Drilling Project (DVDP) was predominately an international project between scientists from New Zealand, the US, and Japan, which drilled 14 holes in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica (especially Lake Vanda, Don Juan Pond, Lake Vida, Lake Fryxell, Lake Bonney, New Harbour, Marble Point, Lake Leon and North Fork), on Ross Island (Cape Evans, Cape Royds, Cape Barne), McMurdo Sound, ... the Walcott Glacier, and with test holes near McMurdo Station. The areas investigated have a series of independent analyses of Antarctic Geochronology, Paleoclimatology, and Paleomagnetism. For references to the results see the DVDP Bulletin Series prepared at the Dept. of Geology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb Illinois. http://www.arf.fsu.edu/projectsDVDP.cfm Auxillary programs in the valleys that were affiliated with DVDP, included extensive geochemical studies of soils, geothermal measurements in boreholes, a hydrogeological program in the boreholes and lakes, additional lake geochemistry and a feasibility study for an earthquake seismology program.

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: -77.0		S: -79.0		E: 170.0		W: 159.0
Min Depth: 0 Max Depth: 300

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1971-11-01 Stop Date: 1976-02-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > WRIGHT VALLEY CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > TAYLOR VALLEY CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > VICTORIA VALLEY

Science Keywords

PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > GLACIATION PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > ISOTOPES PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > PALEOMAGNETIC DATA PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > VOLCANIC DEPOSITS PALEOCLIMATE > PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS > SEA LEVEL RECONSTRUCTION SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS > AGE DETERMINATIONS SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS > BEDROCK LITHOLOGY

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

DRILLING PLATFORMS

Instrument

ROCK CORERS SEDIMENT CORERS

Project

DVDP > Dry Valley's Drilling Project

Quality
The data and resultant publications have been lodged at The Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility at Florida State University. Visiting scientists to the AMGRF can take advantage of a library that contains over 35 Polar related journals, numerous theses and dissertations, cruise data books, over 1,000 books on Antarctic and marine geology, an extensive Antarctic reprint collection, 1,2000 bottom photographs of Southern Ocean sites, several thousand core X-Radiographs, and an extensive Antarctic map collection.

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1) A text based search for core and/or sample data and
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Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Antarctica New Zealand, New Zealand Antarctic Institute, New Zealand Data Center URL: http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/ Data Center Personnel Name: SHULAMIT GORDON Phone: +64 3 358 0200 Fax: +64 3 358 0211 Email: s.gordon at antarcticanz.govt.nz Contact Address: Antarctica New Zealand Private Bag 4745 City: Christchurch Country: New Zealand

Personnel

CEISHA POIROT Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: +64 3 358 0200 Fax: +64 3 358 0211 Email: c.poirot at antarcticanz.govt.nz Contact Address: Antarctica New Zealand Private Bag 4745 City: Christchurch Country: New Zealand SHULAMIT GORDON Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: +64 3 358 0200 Fax: +64 3 358 0211 Email: s.gordon at antarcticanz.govt.nz Contact Address: Antarctica New Zealand Private Bag 4745 City: Christchurch Country: New Zealand

Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: The Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility (AMGRF) at Florida State University is a national repository for geological materials collected in and around Antarctica containing the largest Antarctic and Southern Ocean collection of deep core sediment, rotary drilled continental and shallow water cores and dredge, trawl and grab samples in the world. This site has access to all of the Dry Valley Drilling Project works and existing samples. Please contact for more information. Link: GET DATA Description: The specific link to the Dry Valleys Drilling Project Project Reports through the Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility.

Publications/References
Horiuchi, K. Torii, T. Murakami, Y. A geochemical study of the distribution of some minor elements in deposits and water samples of Antarctic oases: 1. The Ra content of DVDP 13 core and deposits of the Vestfold Hills. Antarctic record 58: 69-80, 1977.

Horiuchi, K. Torii, T. Murakami, Y. Studies of the radium, uranium and thorium concentrations in the DVDP cores of the ... Wright Valley. Dry Valley Drilling Project bulletin 8: 22-28, 1978.

Horiuchi, K. Torii, T. Murakami, Y. Studies of the Ra, Th and minor element contents in DVDP cores and deposits from Vestfold Hills. Memoirs of the National Institute of Polar Research 13(special issue): 121-135, 1979.

Koga, A. Torii, T. Is there no geothermal activity around Lake Vanda, the Dry Valleys, Antarctica? Dry Valley Drilling Project bulletin 8: 32-33, 1978.

Matsumoto, G. Torii, T. Hanya, T. Organic constituents of organic lake waters and sediments of the McMurdo Sound region. Dry Valley Drilling Project bulletin 8: 50-53, 1978.

McGinnis, L. Torii, T. Clark, R. Antarctic Dry Valley Drilling Project: report on seminar I. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 56(4): 217-220, 1975.

Murayama, H. Nakaya, S. Murata, S. Torii, T. Watanuki, K. Interpretation of salt deposition in Wright Valley, Antarctica: chemical analysis of DVDP cores. Dry Valley Drilling Project bulletin 8: 62-63, 1978.

Nakao, K. Torii, T. Tanizawa, K. Interpretation of salt deposition in Wright Valley, Antarctica: granulometric analysis of DVDP #14 core. Dry Valley Drilling Project bulletin 8: 68, 1978.

Nakao, K. Torii, T. Tanizawa, K. Paleohydrology of Lake Vanda in Wright Valley, Antarctica, inferred from granulometric analysis of DVDP 14 core. Memoirs of the National Institute of Polar Research 13(special issue): 73-83, 1979.

Nakaya, S. Torii, T. Cho, T. Wada, E. Matsumoto, G. Activities in the Dry Valleys area during the 1980-81 season. Antarctic record 74: 324-329, 1982.

Torii, T. Yamagata, N. Nakaya, S. Distribution of nutrient matters in the saline lakes of the Dry Valleys. Dry Valley Drilling Project bulletin 4: 58-59, 1974.

Torii, T. Yamagata, N. Ossaka, J. Murata, S. View of the formation of saline waters in the Dry Valleys. Dry Valley Drilling Project bulletin 8: 96-101, 1978.

Torii, T. A review of the Dry Valley Drilling Project, 1971-76. Polar record 20(129): 533-541, 1981.

Torii, T. Yamagata, N. Limnological studies of saline lakes in the Dry Valleys. In: Dry Valley Drilling Project.McGinnis L.D.(ed.) Washington: American Geophysical Union. 1981. pp.141-159 [Antarctic research series: 33] ISBN 0875901778

Treves, S.B. Barrett, P.J. Thomson, R.B. Torii, T. Second Dry Valley Drilling Project seminar, January 1976. Antarctic journal of the United States 11(4): 272-275, 1976.

Watanuki, K. Torii, T. Some characteristics of minerals obtained in the Dry Valleys. Dry Valley Drilling Project bulletin 8: 105-106, 1978.

Nakaya, S. Mizutani, Y. Wada, H. Volcanic events of Ross Island, Antarctica, based on the stable isotope studies of drilled volcanic rocks. Antarctic record 58: 277-288, 1977.

Watanuki, K. Nakaya, S. Murayama, H. A note on analytical procedures for saline lake waters. Dry Valley Drilling Project bulletin 8: 107, 1978.

Webb, P.N. 1972. Paleontology of late Tertiary-Quaternary sediments, Wright Valley, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States 7: 96-97.

Hendy, C.H. Holdsworth, R. The physical impact of DVDP drilling at site 4, Lake Vanda. Antarctic journal of the United States 9(4): 144-146, 1974.

Hendy, C.H. Wilson, A.T. Field, A.B. Geochemistry of the closed drainage basins of the McMurdo Oasis, Antarctica. Dry Valley Drilling Project Bulletin 4: 27, 1974.

Hendy, C.H. Healy, T.R. Rayner, E.R. Wilson, A.T. A chronology for late Pleistocene events in the Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Dry Valley Drilling Project Bulletin 6: 9, 1975.

Hendy, C.H. Healy, T.R. Ravener, F.R. Wilson, A.T. A chronology for Late Pleistocene events in the Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Dry Valley Drilling Project bulletin 8: 126-129, 1978.

Hendy, C.H. The chronology of glacial sediments in the Taylor Valley. Dry Valley Drilling Project bulletin 8(supplement): 1-4, 1978.

Hendy, C.H. Healy, T.R. Rayner, E.M. Shaw, J. Wilson, A.T. Late Pleistocene glacial chronology of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica, and the global climate. Quaternary research 11(2): 172-184, 1979.

Hendy, C.H. Late Quaternary chronology of the Taylor Glacier. Memoirs of the National Institute of Polar Research 13(special issue): 204-205, 1979.

Stuiver, M. Yang, I.C. Hendy, C.H. Permafrost oxygen isotope ratios of Antarctic DVDP cores. Dry Valley Drilling Project bulletin 8: 90-91, 1978.

Wilson, A.T. Hendy, C.H. Healy, T.R. Gumbley, J.W. Field, A.B. Reynolds, C.P. McMurdo Dry Valley lake sediments: a record of Cenozoic climatic events.Dry Valley Drilling Project bulletin 4: 72, 1974.

Wilson, A.T. Hendy, C.H. Healy, T.R. Gumbley, J.W. Field, A.B. Reynolds, C.P. McMurdo Dry Valley lake sediments: a record of Cenozoic events. Antarctic journal of the United States 9(4): 134-135, 1974.

Wilson, A.T. Holdsworth, R. Hendy, C.H. Lake Vanda: a source of heating. Antarctic journal of the United States 9(4): 137-138, 1974.

Wilson, A.T. Review of geochemistry and lake physics of the Antarctic dry areas. in: Dry Valley Drilling Project.McGinnis L.D.(ed.) Washington: American Geophysical Union. 1981. pp.185-192 [Antarctic research series: 33]

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