Investigation of Pliocene foraminifera on sediment core CRP-1 from the Ross Sea, Antarctica, supplement to: Webb, Peter-Noel; Strong, C Percy (1998): Recycled Pliocene foraminifera from the CRP-1 Quaternary succession. Terra Antartica, 5(3), 473-478

• Main Authors: Webb, Peter-Noel, Strong, C Percy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 1998
• Subjects: Core wireline system; CRP-1; Sampling/drilling ice; Cape Roberts Project CRP; Ross Sea; Transantarctic Mountains; Webb; Cape Roberts; Mackay; Sirius; Percy; Roberts Ridge; Antarc*; Antarctica; antartic*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.510746; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.510746

Mixed assemblages of Pliocene and Quaternary foraminifera occur within the Quaternary succession of the CRP-1 drillhole. Pliocene foraminifera are not present in the lowermost Unit 4.1. are rare in Unit 3.1 and 2.3, are relatively common in Units 2.2 and 2.1, and are absent in Unit 1.1. Fifteen and...