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Dataset Name: GRAVITY CORER stations in the Ionian Sea (URANIA 15/97) during SINAPSI Project
Data Holding Centre: University of Milano "Bicocca", Dept.of Geological Sciences and Geotecnologies
Time Period: 1997, November, 22 to 1997, December, 9
Start Date: 1997-01-01
End Date: 1999-12-31
Project: Seasonal, INterannual and decAdal variability of atmosPere, oceanS and related marIne ecosystems

Geocoverage: SW of Crete, NE flank of the Mediterranean Ridge and Ionian Bathyal Plain
Geographic Box (south,north,west,east): 35, 18, 23, 36
Sea Area: Mediterranean Sea; Ionian Sea

Summary: 3 stations, located: at a morphological high on the continental slope SW of Crete, in the 'mud pit' of the 'Urania' brine lake (NE flank of the Mediterranean Ridge) and on top of the Victor Hensen Sea Hill (Ionian Bathyal Plain), respectively. The sea bottom sampling in the SINAPSI campaign were finalized to characterization of sapropel, with special care to sapropel S-1. In formulating possible formation models for the sapropels in the Eastern Mediterranean, the following parameters are essential: geographical extension and continuity of the level in a basin; minimum and maximum depth of foundings in the sediment; apparent variations in sapropel thickness, related to water depth and geographical location. The sapropel evidences were searched moving from the western limit of the Eagean Sea into the Ionian Sea, toward SW (Syrte Basin and Sicily Channel) and W (Sicily Strait). In relatively shallow waters (1000 m) we adopted a gravity corer instead of the box corer: it allows also to obtain a more deep sediment recovery. Station 2 was performed in the 'mud pit' of the 'Urania' brine lake, to recover a sample of the anoxic sediments
Originator: University of Milano "Bicocca", Dept.of Geological Sciences and Geotecnologies
References: SINAPSI Project: field report of the Urania 15/97 cruise (in italian) 1997-01-01, unknown, unknown

Availability: by negotiation
Organization: University of Milano "Bicocca", Dept.of Geological Sciences and Geotecnologies
Contact: Corselli C.
Address: University of Milano "Bicocca", Dept.of Geological Sciences and Geotecnologies; MILANO; 20126; Italy; corselli@conisma.it; http://www.geo.unimib.it/index.htm