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English: Sediment core, taken with a gravity corer by the research vessel POLARSTERN in the South Atlantic; light/dark-coloured changes are due to climate cycles of the Quaternary; basis age of the core is about 1 Million years (length of each segment is 1 m). For a more detailed description and detail photographs of the core see Gersonde (2003). [1]
Deutsch: Sedimentkern, entnommen mit einem Schwerelot vom Forschungsschiff POLARSTERN im Südatlantik; die wechselnde hell/dunkel-Färbung ist ein Abbild der Klimazylen im Quartär; das Basisalter des Kerns beträgt ca. 1 Million Jahre (die Länge der einzelnen Segmente beträgt 1 m). Für eine detailliertere Beschreibung und Detailaufnahmen des Kerns siehe Gersonde (2003). [1]
  1. a b Rainer Gersonde (2003): Documentation of sediment core PS2492-2. Alfred Wegener Institute - Polarstern core repository, doi : 10.1594/PANGAEA.115344
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3 March 2008