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-c24
Sampling Method: 
Gravity Core
Collected Area: 
Ross Sea
Latitude: 
-70.483
Longitude: 
175.952
Collected date: 
01/02/1999
Water depth (m): 
2750
Core length (cm): 
740
Number of Sections: 
7
Publications: 
  • Pistolato M., Quaia T., Marinoni L., Menegazzo Vitturi L., Salvi C., Salvi G., Setti M., Brambati A 2006: Grain size, mineralogy and geochemistry in the Late Quaternary sediments from Western Ross Sea outer slope as proxies for climate changes. In Antarctica: Contributions to global earth sciences. Berling Heidelberg N.Y, 423 – 432.
  • Contacts: 
    museoantartide@units.it
    Section Images: 
    Preliminary Description: 

    Inhomogeneous sediment with millimetric and centimetric laminations between 57 and 65 cm. Clasts are present along the core but less frequent in the central portion of the core.