Early Miocene volcanic activity and paleoenvironment conditions recorded in tephra layers of the AND-2A core (southern McMurdo Sound, Antarctica)

• Published in: Geosphere
• Main Authors: Sergio Rocchi, P. Del Carlo, A. Di Roberto, Kurt S. Panter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: NEANIAS Atmospheric Research Community; Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage; Stratigraphy; Geology; Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; Mount Morning; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/105149; https://doi.org/10.1130/ges00754.1

The ANtarctic geological DRILLing Program (ANDRILL) successfully recovered 1138.54 m of core from drill hole AND-2A in the Ross Sea sediments (Antarctica). The core is composed of terrigenous claystones, siltstones, sandstones, conglomerates, breccias, and diamictites with abundant volcanic material...