Publication Date:
2023-08-28
Description:
This DSDP leg was originally conceived by the Antarctic Advisory Panel in order to investigate the geologic histories of the Scotia Arc and of the Argentine Basin. Site 326 (Drake Passage) was drilled in 3812 meters of water about 150 km southeast of Cape Horn. The main objective was to check the magnetic-reversal dating of the opening of Drake Passage by determining basement age. Site 327 is in 2400 meters of water on the western nose of the elevated eastern part of the Falkland Plateau, the Maurice Ewing Bank and was chosen to examine Southern Ocean shallow-water pre-Neogene biostratigraphy. Site 328, in 5103 meters of water in the Malvinas Outer Basin immediately to the east of the Falkland Plateau and to the south of the Falkland Fracture Zone, was chosen to examine correlatives of Argentine Basin acoustic reflectors, to obtain a deep-water southerly biostratigraphic section, and if possible, to date the underlying oceanic basement. Site 330, in 2626 meters of water at the western end of the elongate rise forming the eastern end of the Falkland Plateau, the Maurice Ewing Bank, was selected to elucidate the pre-Aptian history of the Falkland Plateau and to obtain a biostratigraphic section older than that cored at Sites 327 and 329.
Keywords:
36-326; 36-327; 36-327A; 36-328; 36-328A; 36-328B; 36-330A; Antarctic Ocean/SEDIMENT POND; Comment; Deep Sea Drilling Project; Deposit type; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Description; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Event label; Glomar Challenger; Identification; Leg36; NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database; NOAA-MMS; Position; Quantity of deposit; Sample code/label; Sediment type; Size; South Atlantic/BASIN; South Atlantic/CONT RISE; South Atlantic/PLATEAU; Substrate type; Visual description
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 320 data points
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