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-GC17
Sampling Method:
Gravity Core
Collected Area:
Glomar Challenger Basin (Ross Sea)
Latitude:
-76.050
Longitude:
-177.924
Collected date:
30/01/1999
Water depth (m):
650
Core length (cm):
342
Number of Sections:
3
Publications:
Contacts:
museoantartide@units.it
Preliminary Description:
The sediment is inhomogeneous with a lot of clasts up to 35 cm. It gradually changes to homogeneous sediment with a lot of centimetric clasts up to 230 cm.