Cape Roberts Project
What was the Cape Roberts Project?
The Cape Roberts Project was a major commitment for several years. This was a joint venture with other scientists from NZ, Australia, UK, Germany, Italy and USA that cored strata off the Ross Sea coast in order to investigate the tectonic and climatic history of the region. The project obtained continuous core through 1500m of strata, ranging in age from 34 to 17 million years old, and representing a period when the Victoria land coast of Antarctica changed from a cool temperate to a subpolar climate.
Research on the cores continued over three years with FRST post-doctoral fellowship support to Gavin Dunbar (to study ice margin and sea level changes) and Vanessa Thorn, who is now at the University of Leeds (to study plant microfossils as recorders of past climate).
Who did we work with?
- Project Operator Antarctica New Zealand
- Drillers at Webster Drilling & Exploration Ltd
- Researchers at GNS
- Researchers at University of Otago
- Researchers at NIWA
- Researchers at University of Canterbury
- Partners in the Germany
- Partners in Italy
- Partners in the UK
- Partners in the USA
Further information
Further information on the Cape Roberts Project is available from the archived webpages.
For detailed scientific or technical information, contact Peter Barrett.
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