Contourite deposits in the central Scotia Sea: The importance of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and the Weddell Gyre flows

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 187-221

  Maldonadoa, Andrés ^a   Barnolas, Antonio ^b   Bohoyo, Fernando ^a   Galindo Zaldívar, Jesús ^c   Hernández Molina, Javier ^d   Lobo, Francisco ^e   Rodríguez Fernández, José ^a   Somoza, Luis ^b   Vázquez, Juán Tomás ^f  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Antarctic paleoceanography; Contourite deposits; Scotia Sea; Weddell Sea Deep Water

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; CENOZOIC; CONTOURITE; DEEP WATER; GLACIATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMIC DATA;

SCOTIA SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0141522911     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00401-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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