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:
ANTA91-44C
Sampling Method:
Gravity Core
Collected Area:
Drygalski Basin (Ross Sea)
Latitude:
-74.790
Longitude:
165.120
Collected date:
09/01/1991
Water depth (m):
725
Core length (cm):
69
Number of Sections:
1
Publications:
Contacts:
museoantartide@units.it
Preliminary Description:
The sediment is dense and homogeneous with millimetric and centimetric clasts from 0 up to 5 cm. The sediment is grain supported from 5 cm up to the bottom, but there is a level with few clasts between 43 and 46 cm.