Object # PRR-4458: Dredge
Primary Field # | TR-6 | ||||||||||||||||
IGSN # | PRR004458 | ||||||||||||||||
Kind of Object | Dredge | ||||||||||||||||
Rock Type | Sedimentary | ||||||||||||||||
Rock Name | Sandstone | ||||||||||||||||
Sample Description | [light greenish gray fine sandstone] | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 41 g | ||||||||||||||||
Susceptibility | 5 x10-5 SI units | ||||||||||||||||
General Notes | Area 3. Bag TR-6, weighing 2lbs, contains 11 pebbles varying in diameter from 2cm to 5cm, which are angular to rounded and 1 breccia cobble having a maximum diameter of 6.5cm. Represented are 2 'granites, 1 diorite, 1 diabse, 4 basalts, 2 gneisses and 1 greenschist. Sections were made from the Breccia cobble (TR-6-1), and from pebbles TR-6-2 a gneissic leucosodaclase adamellite and an alaskite (TR-6-3) | ||||||||||||||||
Expedition | Operation Deep Freeze IV | ||||||||||||||||
Ocean/Sea | Weddell Sea | ||||||||||||||||
Continent | Antarctica | ||||||||||||||||
Region | Coats Land | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain Range/Island Group | Luitpold Coast | ||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | -77.667, -35.500 (77° 40' S, 35° 30' W) | ||||||||||||||||
Positioning Method | Geographic Name | ||||||||||||||||
Additional Material | Reference | ||||||||||||||||
Fossil Identification |
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Primary Field Logistics | Ship (Edisto) | ||||||||||||||||
Data Sources | Notes Publication | ||||||||||||||||
Date Collected | 1959-01-28 | ||||||||||||||||
Field Year Collected | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||
Collector | Littlewood, William H. | ||||||||||||||||
Donor | Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center | ||||||||||||||||
Vessel Name | Edisto | ||||||||||||||||
Cruise Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Ship Station Number | ED-20 | ||||||||||||||||
Rock Station Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Starting Depth (mbsl) | 384.05 | ||||||||||||||||
Dredge Sampling Device | Beam Trawl | ||||||||||||||||
Dredging Coordinates | -77.667, -35.500 (77° 40' S, 35° 30' W) ➞ -77.667, -35.500 (77° 40' S, 35° 30' W) | ||||||||||||||||
References | Stewart, Duncan, 1963, Petrography of some dredgings collected by Operation Deep Freeze IV, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 107, No. 5 (Oct. 15, 1963) , pp. 431-442. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/985648 |
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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]