Potential drilling locations at the Argentine continental margin to investigate the Cenozoic history of South Atlantic deep water circulation

• Main Authors: Gruetzner, Jens, Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele, Franke, Dieter
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; NADW; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/32252/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.40984

Persistent geostrophic currents interacting with sea-floor topography and available sediment sources are capable of eroding, transporting and depositing fine-grained particles into mounded and elongated sediment drifts. These drifts show enhanced accumulation rates when compared to pure pelagic sequ...