Geotechnical analysis on sediment cores from the Antarctic Peninsula, supplement to: Holler, Peter (1985): Geotechnical properties of Antarctic deep sea sediments. Meteor Forschungsergebnisse, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Reihe C Geologie und Geophysik, Gebrüder Bornträger, Berlin, Stuttgart, C39, 23-36

• Main Author: Holler, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 1985
• Subjects: Piston corer Kiel type; M56; Meteor 1964; Institute for Geosciences, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel GIK/IfG; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Bransfield Strait; Weddell; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.887791; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.887791

Sedimentological and geotechnical analyses were carried out on two undisturbed large diameter deep sea cores from the Antarctic sector of the Atlantic ocean. One core, from a silled basin within the Bransfield Strait is characterized by fine grained hemipelagic material and turbidite layers. The other core, from the continental slope of the Weddell Sea represents a typical glacial marine environment. The variations of physical properties as related to both an increasing overburden pressure (or depth below top of core) and/or to lithological changes are discussed.