Preliminary results and documentation of sediment core CRP-1 from the Ross Sea off Cape Roberts, Antarctica, supplement to: Barrett, Peter J; Fielding, Christopher R; Wise, Sherwood W (1998): Initial report on CRP-1, Cape Roberts Project, Antarctica. Terra Antartica, 5(1), 187 pp
The first hole of the Cape Roberts Project, CRP-1, was drilled in October, 1997, to a depth of 148 metres below the sea floor (mbsf) before being terminated unexpectedly the loss of fast sea-ice seaward of the rig following a severe storm. The site lies in 150 m of water at 77.008°S and 163.755°E, 1...
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ftdatacite:10.1594/pangaea.547981 2023-05-15T13:47:06+02:00 Preliminary results and documentation of sediment core CRP-1 from the Ross Sea off Cape Roberts, Antarctica, supplement to: Barrett, Peter J; Fielding, Christopher R; Wise, Sherwood W (1998): Initial report on CRP-1, Cape Roberts Project, Antarctica. Terra Antartica, 5(1), 187 pp CRP Science Team Barrett, Peter J Fielding, Christopher R Wise, Sherwood W 1998 application/zip https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.547981 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.547981 en eng PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode cc-by-3.0 CC-BY Core wireline system CRP-1 Sampling/drilling ice Cape Roberts Project CRP Collection article Supplementary Collection of Datasets 1998 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.547981 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z The first hole of the Cape Roberts Project, CRP-1, was drilled in October, 1997, to a depth of 148 metres below the sea floor (mbsf) before being terminated unexpectedly the loss of fast sea-ice seaward of the rig following a severe storm. The site lies in 150 m of water at 77.008°S and 163.755°E, 16 km off Cape Roberts. This part of the report outlines the geologic setting, a gently tilted sequence near the margin of the Victoria Land Basin, and describes the history of the growth of sea ice, which provided the drilling platform, as well as the history of the drilling itself. Core recovery was around 77% in soft and brittle strata to 100 m and 98% below that. The sequence was found to comprise a Quaternary glacigenic interval down to 43.55 mbsf and below this an early Miocene interval that was also glacigenic. Core properties that were studied include fracture patterns, porosity, sonic velocity and magnetic susceptibility. Velocity in particular was useful in relating the cored sequence to the regional seismic stratigraphy. A preliminary assessment suggests that the bottom of the hole is 15 m short of the boundary between seismic sequences V3 and V4. Analytical facilities new to the Antarctic and used for processing samples for the project are described here and include a bench top palynological processing system and a palaeomagnetic laboratory. The core management and sampling system, which recorded over 2000 samples, is also outlined. : Hand draft of the core description in pdf-format hdl:10013/epic.26950.d001 Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica antartic* Ross Sea Sea ice Victoria Land DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic The Antarctic Ross Sea Victoria Land Cape Roberts ENVELOPE(-70.467,-70.467,-68.950,-68.950) Barrett ENVELOPE(-126.773,-126.773,54.428,54.428) |
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The first hole of the Cape Roberts Project, CRP-1, was drilled in October, 1997, to a depth of 148 metres below the sea floor (mbsf) before being terminated unexpectedly the loss of fast sea-ice seaward of the rig following a severe storm. The site lies in 150 m of water at 77.008°S and 163.755°E, 16 km off Cape Roberts. This part of the report outlines the geologic setting, a gently tilted sequence near the margin of the Victoria Land Basin, and describes the history of the growth of sea ice, which provided the drilling platform, as well as the history of the drilling itself. Core recovery was around 77% in soft and brittle strata to 100 m and 98% below that. The sequence was found to comprise a Quaternary glacigenic interval down to 43.55 mbsf and below this an early Miocene interval that was also glacigenic. Core properties that were studied include fracture patterns, porosity, sonic velocity and magnetic susceptibility. Velocity in particular was useful in relating the cored sequence to the regional seismic stratigraphy. A preliminary assessment suggests that the bottom of the hole is 15 m short of the boundary between seismic sequences V3 and V4. Analytical facilities new to the Antarctic and used for processing samples for the project are described here and include a bench top palynological processing system and a palaeomagnetic laboratory. The core management and sampling system, which recorded over 2000 samples, is also outlined. : Hand draft of the core description in pdf-format hdl:10013/epic.26950.d001 |
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Preliminary results and documentation of sediment core CRP-1 from the Ross Sea off Cape Roberts, Antarctica, supplement to: Barrett, Peter J; Fielding, Christopher R; Wise, Sherwood W (1998): Initial report on CRP-1, Cape Roberts Project, Antarctica. Terra Antartica, 5(1), 187 pp |
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Preliminary results and documentation of sediment core CRP-1 from the Ross Sea off Cape Roberts, Antarctica, supplement to: Barrett, Peter J; Fielding, Christopher R; Wise, Sherwood W (1998): Initial report on CRP-1, Cape Roberts Project, Antarctica. Terra Antartica, 5(1), 187 pp |
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Preliminary results and documentation of sediment core CRP-1 from the Ross Sea off Cape Roberts, Antarctica, supplement to: Barrett, Peter J; Fielding, Christopher R; Wise, Sherwood W (1998): Initial report on CRP-1, Cape Roberts Project, Antarctica. Terra Antartica, 5(1), 187 pp |
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Preliminary results and documentation of sediment core CRP-1 from the Ross Sea off Cape Roberts, Antarctica, supplement to: Barrett, Peter J; Fielding, Christopher R; Wise, Sherwood W (1998): Initial report on CRP-1, Cape Roberts Project, Antarctica. Terra Antartica, 5(1), 187 pp |
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Preliminary results and documentation of sediment core CRP-1 from the Ross Sea off Cape Roberts, Antarctica, supplement to: Barrett, Peter J; Fielding, Christopher R; Wise, Sherwood W (1998): Initial report on CRP-1, Cape Roberts Project, Antarctica. Terra Antartica, 5(1), 187 pp |
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preliminary results and documentation of sediment core crp-1 from the ross sea off cape roberts, antarctica, supplement to: barrett, peter j; fielding, christopher r; wise, sherwood w (1998): initial report on crp-1, cape roberts project, antarctica. terra antartica, 5(1), 187 pp |
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