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ANTA99-cNW31

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-NW31
Sampling Method: 
Gravity Core
Collected Area: 
North-western Basin (Ross Sea)
Latitude: 
-73.226
Longitude: 
170.988
Collected date: 
05/02/1999
Water depth (m): 
535
Core length (cm): 
375
Number of Sections: 
4
Publications: 
  • Bertagnini A., Baneschi I., Boschi C., Cascella A., Colizza E., Del Carlo P., Di Roberto A., Di Vincenzo G., Finocchiaro F., Landi P., Lirer F., Pompilio M., Sagnotti L., Sangiorgi F., Sprovieri M., Wrinkler A., 2013: Multidisciplinary study of sediments deposited in the Ross Sea (Antarctica): information on changes of ice extent during the last 130 ka. Geoitalia 2013, IX forum, 16-18 september 2013, Pisa (Italy), Poster.
  • Colizza E., Finocchiaro F., Marinoni L., Menegazzo – Vitturi L., Brambati A., 2002: Tephra evidences in marine sediments of the shelf of the western Ross Sea. Milano. CONGA, 25-26 giugno 2002, Milano. Poster.
  • Colizza E., Finocchiaro F., Marinoni L., Menegazzo Vitturi L., Brambati A., 2003: Tephra Evidence in Marine Sediments from Shelf of the Western Ross Sea. Terra Antartica Reports, 8: 121-126.
  • Melis R, Salvi G., 2009: Late Quaternary foraminiferal assemblages from western Ross Sea (Antarctica) in relation to the main glacial and marine lithofacies. Marine Micropaleontology, 70: 39–53.
  • Colizza E., Melis R., Finocchiaro F., Rosso A. Bandelli N., 2001: Carbonate-rich intervals in Late Quaternary glaciomarine sequences of the Ross Sea (Antarctica). Paleobiogeography & Paleoecology 2001-International Conference, 31 may - 2 june 2001, Piacenza e Castell’Arquato. Poster.
  • Del Carlo P., Baneschi I., Bertagnini A., Boschi C., Cascella A., Colizza E., Di Roberto A., Di Vincenzo G., Finocchiaro F., Landi P., Lirer F., Pompilio M., Sagnotti L., Sangiorgi F., Sprovieri M., Wrinkler A., 2013: Multidisciplinary study of sediments deposited in the Ross Sea (Antarctica) during the last 50 ka: information on changes of ice extent during the glacial-interglacial transition. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 15, EGU2013-9519, 2013, EGU General Assembly 2013, 7-12 april 2013 Wien (Austria), Poster.
  • Melis R., 2005: Analisi morfometriche di alcuni foraminiferi bentonici del Mare di Ross: considerazioni riguardanti il trasporto post-mortem dei gusci. Rendiconti Soc. Paleont. Ital., 2: 149-162.
  • Melis R., Colizza E., Pizzolato F., Rosso A., 2002: Preliminary study of the calcareous taphocoenoses in Late Quaternary glacial marine sequences of Ross Sea (Antarctica). Geobios, Mem.Sp. 24, 35: 207-218.
    • Contacts: 
    museoantartide@units.it
    Section Images: 
    Preliminary Description: 

    The sediment is inhomogeneous with dense levels and less dense along the whole core. It contains a lot of millimetric and centimetric clasts, but there are three levels with only millimetric ones. The sediment is grain supported between 350 and 367 cm.