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-D35
Sampling Method:
Gravity Core
Collected Area:
North-western Basin (Ross Sea)
Latitude:
-75.962
Longitude:
164.929
Collected date:
12/02/1999
Water depth (m):
886
Core length (cm):
245
Number of Sections:
3
Publications:
Contacts:
museoantartide@units.it
Preliminary Description:
Between 0 and 165 cm the sediment is coarse and dense with few clasts and some less dense laminations. There is an irregular contact at 165 cm. The sediment is rich in clasts (millitric to centimetric) from 165 up to the bottom.