Investigating Maar Formation and the climate history of Southern Argentina–the Potrok Aike Maar Lake Sediment Archive Drilling Project (PASADO)

• Published in: Scientific Drilling
• Main Authors: Zolitschka, Bernd, Corbella, Hugo, Maidana, Nora Irene, Ohlendorf, Christian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: DEEP DRILLING; POTROK AIKE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Austral; Patagonia; Argentina; Crater Lake; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/16666

Evidence is increasing that the Southern Ocean plays a key role in the global climate system. The southern hemisphere contains more than 90% of the world’s ice, and eighty-one percent of its total surface area is covered by oceans. On global terms, the most extreme oceanic character is encountered b...