Facies investigations on sediment core CRP-3 from the Ross Sea, Antarctica, supplement to: Fielding, Christopher R; Naish, Tim R; Woolfe, Ken (2001): Facies architecture of the CRP-3 drillhole, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica. Terra Antartica, 8(3), 217-224

• Main Authors: Fielding, Christopher R, Naish, Tim R, Woolfe, Ken
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2001
• Subjects: Core wireline system; CRP-3; Sampling/drilling from ice; Cape Roberts Project CRP; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; Cape Roberts; Antarc*; Antarctica; antartic*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.510761; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.510761

The Cenozoic Victoria Land Basin (VLB) stratigraphic section penetrated by CRP-3 is mostly of Early Oligocene age. It contains an array of lithofacies comprising fine-grained mudrocks, interlaminated and interbedded mudrocks/sandstones, mud-rich and mud-poor sandstones, conglomerates and diamctites...