MNA - Sede di Trieste

ANTA99-cGC17

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-GC17
Sampling Method: 
Gravity Core
Collected Area: 
Glomar Challenger Basin (Ross Sea)
Latitude: 
-76.050
Longitude: 
-177.924
Collected date: 
30/01/1999
Water depth (m): 
650
Core length (cm): 
342
Number of Sections: 
3
Publications: 
  • Brambati A., Callegaris M., Colizza E., Finocchiaro F., Ivaldi R., 2004: Preliminary study of three cores collected in Glomar Challenger Baasin (Central Ross Sea – Antarctica). 32nd International Geological Congress, 24-28 august 2004, Florence, Abstract 70-35.
    • Contacts: 
    museoantartide@units.it
    Section Images: 
    Preliminary Description: 

    The sediment is inhomogeneous with a lot of clasts up to 35 cm. It gradually changes to homogeneous sediment with a lot of centimetric clasts up to 230 cm.