Weddell Sea abyssal sediments a record of Antarctic Bottom Water Flow

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Pudsey, Carol J., Barker, Peter F., Hamilton, Norman
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 1988
• Subjects: Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Weddell Basin; Jane Basin; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521736/; https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(88)90032-1

Deep circulation in the Weddell Sea is a clockwise gyre, with bottom water formed by mixing along the southern and western margins. Most Antarctic Bottom Water originates here, leaving the Weddell Sea to the east (depths > 4500 m) or to the north (depths < 3500 m). This paper describes two cor...