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-D35
Sampling Method: 
Gravity Core
Collected Area: 
North-western Basin (Ross Sea)
Latitude: 
-75.962
Longitude: 
164.929
Collected date: 
12/02/1999
Water depth (m): 
886
Core length (cm): 
245
Number of Sections: 
3
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.
  • 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.
  • Contacts: 
    museoantartide@units.it
    Section Images: 
    Preliminary Description: 

    Between 0 and 165 cm the sediment is coarse and dense with few clasts and some less dense laminations. There is an irregular contact at 165 cm. The sediment is rich in clasts (millitric to centimetric) from 165 up to the bottom.