10.1594/PANGAEA.510753
Barrett, Peter J
Peter J
Barrett
Anderson, John B
John B
Anderson
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3104-5557
Grain size analysis of sediment coring site CRP-2 from the Ross Sea, Antarctica
PANGAEA
2000
Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets
Core wireline system
CRP-2
Sampling/drilling from ice
Cape Roberts Project (CRP)
2000
en
10013/epic.28267.d001
2 datasets
application/zip
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
The purpose of this note is to present results of grain size analyses from 118 samples of the CRP-2/2A core using sieve and Sedigraph techniques. The samples were selected to represent the range of facies encountered, and tend to become more widely spaced with depth. Fifteen came from the upper 27 m of Quaternary and Pliocene sediments, 62 from the early Miocene-late Oligocene strata (27 to 307 mbsf), and 41 from the early Oligocene strata beneath (307 to 624 mbsf). The results are intended to provide reference data for lithological descriptions in the core logs (Cape Roberts Science Team, 1999), and to help with facies interpretation. The analytical technique used for determining size frequency of the sand fraction in our samples (sieving) is simple, physical and widely practised for over a century. Thus it provides a useful reference point for analyses produced by other faster and more sophisticated techniques, such as the Malvern laser particle size analysis system (Woolfe et al., 2000), and estimates derived from measurements taken with down-hole logging tools (Bücker, pers. com., 1999).
Supplement to: Barrett, Peter J; Anderson, John B (2000): Grain size analysis of samples from CRP-2/2A, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica. Terra Antartica, 7(3), 373-378
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off Cape Roberts, Ross Sea, Antarctica