Onset and modifications in intensity and pathways of water mass exchange between the Southeast Pacific and the South Atlantic with focus on the Falkland Plateau

• Main Author: Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Drake Passage; Falkland Plateau; Pacific; Scotia Sea; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/49383/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.d291563d-c4f6-411c-9095-16c951d01678

The opening of Drake Passage and the Scotia Sea enabled the exchange of water masses between the southern Pacific and the South Atlantic. In this way heat and energy could be transferred between the two oceans. Together with the opening of the Tasman Gateway this allowed the establishment of the Ant...