Object # PRR-29434: Dredge
Primary Field # | ELT06-12B-12A [6] |
IGSN # | PRR029434 |
Kind of Object | Dredge |
Rock Type | Sedimentary |
Rock Name | Claystone |
Sample Description | [1 sample] |
Weight | 18 g |
General Notes | Local relief of 40 fathoms. Igneous, metamorphic. Granite, schists, Mn stained, some Mn coating 1/8" thick. Very few Mn nodules. Most of sample was pebbles (90%), some cobbles, 3 small boulders. All sub angular, sub round. |
Ocean/Sea | Scotia Sea |
Coordinates | -56.950, -56.567 (56° 57' S, 56° 34' W) |
Primary Field Logistics | Ship (Eltanin) |
Data Sources | 1971 Inventory of Rock Samples from Antarctic seas. Cruises 3 to 45 of USNS Eltanin. Geology Section, Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) USNS Eltanin Marine Geology Cruises 1 to 8 |
Date Collected | 1962-12-26 |
Field Year Collected | 1963 |
Donor | Florida State University |
Vessel Name | Eltanin |
Cruise Number | 6 |
Ship Station Number | 12 B |
Rock Station Number | 12 |
Starting Depth (mbsl) | 3127 |
Finishing Depth (mbsl) | 3072 |
Dredge Sampling Device | Rock Dredge |
Dredging Coordinates | -56.950, -56.567 (56° 57' S, 56° 34' W) ➞ -56.950, -56.517 (56° 57' S, 56° 31' W) |
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Cite as:
The Polar Rock Repository (PRR), Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC), Ohio State University: Polar rock and dredge samples available for research and educational use from the PRR.
doi:10.7289/V5RF5S18 [date of access]