Contourite sedimentation in the Falkland Trough, western South Atlantic

• Main Authors: Cunningham, Alex P., Howe, John A., Barker, Peter F.
• Other Authors: Stow, D.A.V., Pudsey, C.J., Howe, J.A., Faugères, J.-C., Viana, A.R.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 2002
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Earth Sciences; Antarctic; Falkland Plateau; Falkland Trough; North Scotia Ridge; Shag Rocks; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13258/

The Falkland Trough is a west-east bathymetric deep that separates the Falkland Plateau from the North Scotia Ridge in the western South Atlantic. It lies in the path of Circumpolar Deep Water flowing within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), and Weddell Sea Deep Water flowing beneath the ACC...