The present and past bottom-current flow regime around the sediment drifts on the continental rise west of the Antarctic Peninsula

Marine Geology

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 55-63

  Hillenbrand, C D ^a   Camerlenghi, A ^b   Cowan, E A ^c   Hernandez Molina F J ^d   Lucchi, R G ^b   Rebesco, M ^b   Uenzelmann Neben, G ^e  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Antarctic Peninsula; bottom current; Cenozoic; Leg 178; sediment drift

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; BATHYMETRIC MAPPING; BOTTOM CURRENT; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; CONTINENTAL SLOPES; CURRENT FLOWING; DIRECTED TRANSPORT; DIRECTIONAL INFORMATIONS; DRIFT SEDIMENTS; GLACIAL PERIODS; LATE NEOGENE; LEG 178; OCEAN CIRCULATIONS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS; SEDIMENT DRIFT; SEISMIC INVESTIGATIONS; SEISMIC STUDIES; TURBIDITY CURRENTS; VELOCITY CHANGES; WATER DEPTHS; WATER FLOW;

CLAY MINERALS; DEBRIS; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; NEON; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL RISE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER DEPTH;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 52049116078     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.07.004     Document Type: Review

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