MNA - Sede di Trieste

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
Section Images: 
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.