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-NW33
Sampling Method:
Gravity Core
Collected Area:
North-western Basin (Ross Sea)
Latitude:
-73.431
Longitude:
171.729
Collected date:
06/02/1999
Water depth (m):
530
Core length (cm):
293
Number of Sections:
3
Publications:
Contacts:
museoantartide@units.it
Preliminary Description:
Coarser sediment up to 15 cm and from 15 cm up to the bottom the sediment becomes fine.