MNA - Sede di Trieste

ANTA91-25C

PNRA Expedition: 
VI (1990-1991)
Chief Scientist: 
F. Giorgetti (Univ. Trieste)
Research Project: 
Sedimentology and seabed sampling
Sedimentology Principal Investigator: 
M. Ravaioli (CNR Bologna)
Label: 
ANTA91-25C
Sampling Method: 
Gravity Core
Collected Area: 
Joides Basin (Ross Sea)
Latitude: 
-74.645
Longitude: 
171.525
Collected date: 
31/12/1990
Water depth (m): 
462
Core length (cm): 
139
Number of Sections: 
2
Publications: 
  • Brambati A., Corradi N., Finocchiaro F, Giglio F., 2002: The position of the Last Glacial Maximum grounding line in the Joides Basin: an interpretation based on sedimentological and geotechnical data. In: Gamble J.A., Skinner D.N.B., Henrys S., Lynch R. (Editors) Antarctic Earth Sciences at the Close of a Millennium. Proceedings Volume 8th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin, 35: 365-372.
  • Frignani M., Giglio F., Langone L., Ravaioli M., Mangini A., 1998: Late pleistocene-holocene sedimentary fluxes of organic carbon and biogenic silica in the nortwestern Ross Sea, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, 27: 697-703.
    • Contacts: 
    museoantartide@units.it
    Section Images: 
    Preliminary Description: 

    From 10 cm up to the core’s bottom the less dense sediment is rich in clasts (from millimetric to centimetric in length). There’s a clast that exceeds the 10 cm in length.