Facies analysis on sediment core CRP-3 from the Ross Sea, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Powell, Ross, Laird, M G, Naish, Tim R, Fielding, Christopher R, Krissek, Lawrence A, van der Meer, Jaap
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2001
• Subjects: Cape Roberts Project; Core wireline system; CRP; CRP-3; CWS; Ross Sea; Sampling/drilling from ice; Cape Roberts; Mackay; McMurdo Sound; Roberts Ridge; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.510760; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.510760

Cape Roberts Project drill core 3 (CRP-3) was obtained from Roberts ridge, a sea-floor high located at 77°S, 12 km offshore from Cape Roberts in western McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. The recovered core is about 939 m long and comprises strata dated as being early Oligocene (possibly latest Eocene) in a...