Agulhas Plateau and Transkei Basin, southwest Indic: Key targets for learning about the evolution of oceanic currents

• Main Authors: Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele, Schlüter, Philip, Safari, IODP proponents
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/15051/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.25247

The region south of South Africa is a key area in the global conveyor belt since here warm surface currents and cold deep water masses meet, and heat and energy are transferred to sustain the global thermo-haline circulation. Furthermore, this gateway is characterised by a number of tectonic structu...