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-NW28
Sampling Method:
Gravity Core
Collected Area:
North-western Basin (Ross Sea)
Latitude:
-73.270
Longitude:
171.878
Collected date:
05/02/1999
Water depth (m):
511
Core length (cm):
327
Number of Sections:
3
Contacts:
museoantartide@units.it
Preliminary Description:
A lot of grains up to 8 cm. Gradual transition from grain supported to mud supported sediment with a lot of clasts (millimetric to pluricentimetric in length). Between 170 and 189 cm and between 230 and 243 cm there is an alternation of layers with different density.