Amos, Carl L (1998): Grain size distribution and parameter in surface sediment samples from Alpha Ridge [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.53152
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Related to:
Amos, Carl L (1985): Bottom photography and sediment analyses on CESAR. In: Jackson, H R; Mudie, P J & Blasco, S M, Initial geological report on CESAR - the Canadian Expedition to Study the Alpha Ridge, Arctic Ocean, Geological Survey of Canada, 84-22, 25-45, hdl:10013/epic.48914.d001
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 85.789204 * Median Longitude: -110.874710 * South-bound Latitude: 85.520000 * West-bound Longitude: -111.929200 * North-bound Latitude: 85.871883 * East-bound Longitude: -109.818333
Date/Time Start: 1983-04-15T21:45:00 * Date/Time End: 1983-04-26T15:40:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m
Event(s):
CESAR_83-003 (83-003) * Latitude: 85.866667 * Longitude: -109.818333 * Date/Time: 1983-04-15T21:45:00 * Elevation: -1300.0 m * Recovery: 7.52 m * Location: Alpha Ridge, Arctic Ocean * Campaign: CESAR * Basis: Sampling/drilling from ice * Method/Device: Gravity corer (GC)
CESAR_83-107 (83-107) * Latitude: 85.520000 * Longitude: -110.298333 * Date/Time: 1983-04-19T00:00:00 * Elevation: -1227.0 m * Location: Alpha Ridge, Arctic Ocean * Campaign: CESAR * Basis: Sampling/drilling from ice * Method/Device: Gravity corer (GC)
CESAR_D4 (D4) * Latitude: 85.760217 * Longitude: -111.139883 * Date/Time: 1983-04-23T07:00:00 * Elevation: -1852.0 m * Location: Alpha Ridge, Arctic Ocean * Campaign: CESAR * Basis: Sampling/drilling from ice * Method/Device: Dredge (DRG) * Comment: Rock samples + mud
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latitude of event | Latitude | ||||
| 2 | Longitude of event | Longitude | ||||
| 3 | Event label | Event | ||||
| 4 | Elevation of event | Elevation | m | |||
| 5 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Geocode | ||
| 6 | Size fraction > 2 mm, gravel | >2 mm | % | |||
| 7 | Sand | Sand | % | |||
| 8 | Silt | Silt | % | |||
| 9 | Size fraction < 0.002 mm, clay | <2 µm | % | |||
| 10 | Grain size, mean | Grain size mean | phi | |||
| 11 | Sorting in phi | Sort p | phi | |||
| 12 | Skewness | Skew |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
63 data points
Data
| 1 Latitude | 2 Longitude | 3 Event | 4 Elevation [m] | 5 Depth sed [m] | 6 >2 mm [%] | 7 Sand [%] | 8 Silt [%] | 9 <2 µm [%] | 10 Grain size mean [phi] | 11 Sort p [phi] | 12 Skew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85.5200 | -110.2983 | CESAR_83-107 | -1227.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17.5 | 26.8 | 55.7 | 7.8 | 3.2 | -0.6 |
| 85.7602 | -111.1399 | CESAR_D4 | -1852.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 98.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 1.2 | -0.5 |
| 85.7602 | -111.1399 | CESAR_D4 | -1852.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 99.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 1.0 | -1.2 |
| 85.7848 | -111.2243 | CESAR_D5 | -2050.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 99.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 1.2 | -0.6 |
| 85.8178 | -111.5398 | CESAR_D7 | -1984.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 98.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
| 85.8402 | -111.9292 | CESAR_D9 | -1650.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 99.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 1.0 | -0.7 |
| 85.8520 | -110.2751 | CESAR_D10 | -1100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50.9 | 32.9 | 16.2 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 0.3 |
| 85.8667 | -109.8183 | CESAR_83-003 | -1300.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21.0 | 30.0 | 49.0 | 7.6 | 3.2 | -0.2 |
| 85.8719 | -110.7727 | CESAR_D13 | -1380.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 99.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 1.2 | -0.8 |