(Table 1) Description of grain size, cement, and matrix in sediment core CRP-3 sandstones ...

• Main Authors: Wise, Sherwood W, Smellie, John L, Aghib, Fulvia Sharon, Jarrard, Richard D, Krissek, Lawrence A
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2001
• Subjects: DEPTH, sediment/rock; Grain size description; Sorting description; Cement; Matrix description; Core wireline system; CRP-3; Sampling/drilling from ice; Cape Roberts Project CRP; Antarc*; Antarctica; antartic*; Victoria Land
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.466043; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.466043

The presence of authigenic smectite in the lower Oligocene sandstones of the Cape Roberts Project core CRP-3 from the Victoria Land Basin of Antarctica is confirmed by scanning electron, scanning-transmission electron, and light microscopy. It was emplaced as a single generation of cement within the...