Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1979-80: VUWAE 24

DRILLSITE DATA

DRILLSITE DATA

Coring began: 21 October, 1979

Coring ended: 22 November, 1979

Position: 77° 33′ 25.83″ S; 164°23′ 12.85″

Water depth: 196 metres

Drilled depth baton, sea floor: 229.6 m

Number of cores: 73

Percentage core recovered: 44%

Oldest sediment cored:
  • Depth below sea floor: 229.6 metres
  • Lithology: Stratified, muddy, very fine sand with rare small pebbles
  • Age: Middle Miocene