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Archive of Geosample Data and Information from the Florida State University (FSU) Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility (AMGRF)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2015-08-19T00:00:00.000+00:00
The Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility (AMGRF) operated by Florida State University is a partner in the Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples (IMLGS) database, contributing information to the IMLGS to help researchers discover geological samples curated in their facility. The partner repository may also send related data, documents, and imagery to NCEI for long-term archive, but the originating institution is the definitive source of information related to their sample collection. The AMGRF maintains a national repository for geological materials collected in polar regions. It is supported by an operational grant from the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs (Grant Number 0838901). The Facility houses over 20,000 meters of deep-sea core sediment and over 5,000 kg of dredge, trawl, and grab samples, the largest such Southern Ocean collection in the world. These materials have been acquired from over 90 USAP research vessel cruises. The Facility also houses and curates nearly 3,000 meters of rotary cored geological material acquired by NSF supported drilling programs in the Antarctic.

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identifier gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.geology:archived-data_ARFFSU-sample-repository
isPartOf AMGRF Core Repository
issued 1977-12-31T00:00:00.000+00:00
keyword 
                                            [
  "Databases",
  "Scientific archives",
  "Electronic records",
  "Oceanography",
  "Ocean bottom",
  "Geology",
  "Submarine geology",
  "Marine sediments",
  "Marine geology",
  "Rock and sediment lithology and mineralogy",
  "Sea-floor characteristics",
  "lacustrine sediments",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Composition",
  "Earth Science > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records >
                     Sediments",
  "In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > SHIPS",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > CORING DEVICES",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Samplers > DREDGING DEVICES",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Samplers > Grabbers/Traps/Collectors > GRAB SAMPLERS",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > ROCK CORERS",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > SEDIMENT CORERS",
  "IMLGS",
  "ICSU-WDS > International Council for Science - World Data System",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN",
  "VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR",
  "OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN",
  "OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN",
  "OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN",
  "OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN"
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license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2015-08-19T00:00:00.000+00:00
publisher 
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  "name": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
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                                            [
  "http://fsu.edu/",
  "https://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5H41PB8",
  "https://data.noaa.gov/metaview/page?xml=NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/Collection/iso/xml/Marine_Geology.xml&view=getDataView&header=none",
  "https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/MGG/Geology/iso/"
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rights otherRestrictions, otherRestrictions, unclassified
spatial 180.0,-88.367,-179.983,81.705
temporal 1962-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/1962-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
title Archive of Geosample Data and Information from the Florida State University (FSU) Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility (AMGRF)

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