PNRA Expedition:
XIII (1997-1998)
Chief Scientist:
G. Spezie (Ist. Nav. Napoli)
Research Project:
2a.1.4 - Recent climatic cycles in marine sediments of the Ross Sea
Sedimentology Principal Investigator:
F. Finocchiaro (Univ. Trieste)
Label:
ANTA98-C16
Sampling Method:
Gravity Core
Collected Area:
Cape Adare (Ross Sea)
Latitude:
-72.223
Longitude:
172.932
Collected date:
28/12/1997
Water depth (m):
501
Core length (cm):
404
Number of Sections:
4
Contacts:
museoantartide@units.it
Section Images:
Preliminary Description:
From 0 up to 165 cm the sediment is characterized by biogenic fragments and a lot of clasts (submillimetric to pluricentimetric in length). From 165 cm up to the bottom the sediment becomes coarser with some denser levels, that are characterized by sub millimetric and millimetric clasts.