Investigation of Miocene foraminifera in sediment core CRP-1 from the Ross Sea, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Strong, C Percy, Webb, Peter-Noel
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1998
• Subjects: 16 km ENE Cape Roberts; Cape Roberts Project; Core wireline system; CRP; CRP-1; CWS; off Cape Roberts; Ross Sea; Antarctica; Sampling/drilling ice; Cape Roberts; Roberts Cape; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.510747; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.510747

A faunal comprising 18 foraminiferal taxa wa recovered from a suite of 52 core samples from lower Miocene sandstone, claystone and diamictite in the CRP-1 drillhole, Cape Roberts, Antarctica. The fauna is characterised by low foraminiferal abundance and diversity, the absence of planktics, and typic...