PNRA Expedition:
XIV (1998-1999)
Chief Scientist:
N. Corradi (Univ. Genova)
Research Project:
2a.1.4 - Recent climatic cycles in marine sediments of the Ross Sea
Sedimentology Principal Investigator:
G. Fontolan (Univ. Trieste)
Label:
ANTA99-GC14
Sampling Method:
Gravity Core
Collected Area:
Glomar Challenger Basin (Ross Sea)
Latitude:
-76.916
Longitude:
179.433
Collected date:
29/01/1999
Water depth (m):
669
Core length (cm):
338
Number of Sections:
3
Publications:
Contacts:
museoantartide@units.it
Preliminary Description:
Along the whole core there is an alternation between dense and less dense sediment. There are a lot of clasts (from millimetric to centimetric in length) and the sediment becomes grain supported between 28 and 47 cm. There are iso-oriented levels of clasts from 90 to 120 cm.