Geotechnical analysis on sediment cores from the Antarctic Peninsula

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 oth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holler, Peter
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 1985
Subjects:
KOL
M56
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.887791
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887791
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Summary: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.