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: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 1985
Subjects:
FIBEX - First International BIOMASS Experiment
ANT I
GIK/IfG
GIK14875-1
GIK14882-2
Institute for Geosciences
Christian Albrechts University
Kiel
KOL
M56
Meteor (1964)
Piston corer (Kiel type)
Southern Ocean
Antarc*
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Bransfield Strait
Weddell Sea
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.

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