Webb, Peter-Noel; Strong, C Percy (1998): Investigation of Quaternary foraminifera in sediment core CRP-1 from the Ross Sea, Antarctica [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.510745, Supplement to: Webb, P-N; Strong, CP (1998): Occurrence, stratigraphic distribution and palaeoecology of Quaternary foraminifera from CRP-1. Terra Antartica, 5(3), 455-472, hdl:10013/epic.28299.d001
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Abstract:
Foraminifera are examined in twenty-six samples from a 44 metre succession of Quaternary glacial sediments recovered from the CRP-1 drillhole on Roberts Ridge, southwestern Ross Sea, Antarctica. In situ marine assemblages were documented in at least three of the six lithostratigraphic units, and it is likely that the remaining three interbedded diamicton units are also marine in origin. Peak foraminiferal diversities are documented in Unit 3.1 (73 species) and Unit 2.2 (32 species). Calcareous benthics dominate the assemblages, but may be accompanied by abundant occurrences of the planktonic Neogloboquadrina pachyderma. Low diversity agglutinated faunas appear in the uppermost strata of Units 4.1 and 2.2. A close relationship between lithofacics and foraminiferal biofacies points to marine environments that alternated between proximity to and distance from active glaciers and iceshelf fronts, with associated variations in salinity, sea-surface ice cover and the levels of rainout from debris-laden ice.
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Cape Roberts Project (CRP)
Coverage:
Latitude: -77.007580 * Longitude: 163.755080
Date/Time Start: 1997-10-17T01:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-10-24T02:00:00
Event(s):
CRP-1 (16 km ENE Cape Roberts) * Latitude: -77.007580 * Longitude: 163.755080 * Date/Time Start: 1997-10-17T01:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-10-24T02:00:00 * Elevation: -153.5 m * Penetration: 132.06 m * Recovery: 113.32 m * Location: off Cape Roberts, Ross Sea, Antarctica * Campaign: CRP-1 * Basis: Sampling/drilling ice * Method/Device: Core wireline system (CWS) * Comment: sea ice thickness: 1.60 m, recovery 86 %. Age and lithology of oldest strata: 22-24 Ma; mudstone with scattered pebbles.
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- Webb, P-N; Strong, CP (1998): Counts of Quaternary foraminifera of sediment core CRP-1 (App. 1). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.433081
- Webb, P-N; Strong, CP (1998): Relative abundance of Quaternary foraminifera of sediment core CRP-1 (App. 1). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.433083
- Webb, P-N; Strong, CP (1998): Occurence of foraminifera in sediment core CRP-1 (Table 1). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.56111