MNA - Sede di Trieste

PNRA Expedition: 
VI (1990-1991)
Chief Scientist: 
F. Giorgetti (Univ. Trieste)
Research Project: 
Sedimentology and seabed sampling
Sedimentology Principal Investigator: 
M. Ravaioli (CNR Bologna)
Label: 
ANTA91-2C
Sampling Method: 
Gravity Core
Collected Area: 
Drygalski Basin (Ross Sea)
Latitude: 
-69.989
Longitude: 
177.781
Collected date: 
10/12/1990
Water depth (m): 
3360
Core length (cm): 
626
Number of Sections: 
6
Publications: 
  • Brambati A., 2000: Palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental records in sediments from the Southern Ocean (Strait of Magellan and Ross Sea). Terra Antarctica Reports, 4: 1-41.
  • Brambati A., Melis R., Quaia T., Salvi G., 2002: Late Quaternary climatic changes in the Ross Sea Area, Antarctica. In: Gamble J.A., Skinner D.N.B., Henrys, S. (eds.). Antarctica at the close of a Millennium. Proceedings Volume 8th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin, 35: 359-364.
  • Pistolato M., Quaia T., Marinoni L., Menegazzo Vitturi L., Salvi C., Salvi G., Setti M., Brambati A., 2006: Grain Size, Mineralogy and Geochemistry in Late Quaternary Sediments from the Western Ross Sea outer Slope as Proxies for Climate Changes. In Contributions to Global Earth Sciences. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York, 423-432.
  • Quaia T., Cespuglio G., 2000: Stable isotopes records from the Western Ross Sea continental slope (Antarctica): Considerations on carbonate preservation. Terra Antarctica Reports, 4: 199-210.
  • Contacts: 
    museoantartide@units.it
    Section Images: 
    Preliminary Description: 

    X-rays appear fragmented and discontinuous.