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-c24
Sampling Method:
Gravity Core
Collected Area:
Ross Sea
Latitude:
-70.483
Longitude:
175.952
Collected date:
01/02/1999
Water depth (m):
2750
Core length (cm):
740
Number of Sections:
7
Publications:
Contacts:
museoantartide@units.it
Preliminary Description:
Inhomogeneous sediment with millimetric and centimetric laminations between 57 and 65 cm. Clasts are present along the core but less frequent in the central portion of the core.