MNA - Sede di Trieste

PNRA Expedition: 
XVII (2001-2002)
Chief Scientist: 
N. Corradi (Univ. Genova)
Research Project: 
4. 5 - Late quaternary paleoclimatic evolution in Southern Ocean sediments
Sedimentology Principal Investigator: 
F. Finocchiaro (Univ. Trieste)
Label: 
ANTA02-LAB36
Sampling Method: 
Gravity Core
Collected Area: 
Little America Basin (Ross Sea)
Latitude: 
-76.259
Longitude: 
-169.610
Collected date: 
28/01/2002
Water depth (m): 
574
Core length (cm): 
295
Number of Sections: 
3
Publications: 
  • Bussi M., Colizza E., Corradi N., Finocchiaro F., Fontolan G., Ivaldi R., Landucci C., Nicotra G., Pitta' A., Salvi G., 2002: Late Quaternary palaeoclimatic evolution of marine sediments in the Southern Ocean project: preliminary results of the 2001-2002 PNRA cruise in the Ross Sea. Workshop "Scienze della Terra in Antartide", Certosa di Pontignano (Si), 20 september - 2 october 2002, p. 37-38, Poster.
  • Bussi M., Colizza E., Corradi N., Finocchiaro F., Fontolan G., Ivaldi R., Landucci C., Nicotra G., Pitta' A., Salvi G., 2003: Late Quaternary palaeoclimatic evolution of marine sediments in the Southern Ocean project: preliminary results of the 2001-2002 PNRA cruise in the Ross Sea. Terra Antartica Reports, 9, 89-94.
  • Colizza E., Corradi N., Finocchiaro F., Ivaldi R., 2004: High resolution seismic stratigraphy and sedimentological records in the Little America Basin (Eastern Ross Sea - Antarctica). 32nd International Geological Congress, 24-28 august 2004, Florence - Italy, Abstract, Poster.
  • Colizza E., Finocchiaro F., Salvi G., Brambati A., Corradi N., 2005: Preliminary data on sedimentological features of sediments in the eastern Ross Sea. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Vienna, Austria, april 2005. Geoph.Res. Abstracts, 7, 07980 Poster.
  • Finocchiaro F., Bussi M., Colizza E., Corradi N., Fontolan G., Ivaldi R., Landucci C., Nicotra G., Pittà A., Salvi G., 2002: Evoluzione paleoclimatica tardoquaternaria nei sedimenti dell'Oceano Meridionale. Rapporto sulla Campagna Antartica Estate Australe 2001-2002, p. 248-271.
  • Contacts: 
    museoantartide@units.it
    Section Images: 
    Preliminary Description: 

    An alternation between dense and less dense sediment along the core with numerous clasts, from millimeter to pluricentimetric.