Antarctic bottom water in the Scotia Sea and the Drake Passage

• Published in: Oceanology
• Main Author: Tarakanov, R.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic; Drake Passage; Pacific; Scotia Sea; South Shetland Trench; The Antarctic; Yaghan Basin; Antarc*; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/17073; https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437009050026

The quantitative features and circulation of the Antarctic bottom water (AABW) in the Scotia Sea are investigated using an original procedure for the determination of the boundaries between the water masses. It is shown that the AABW is effectively transferred across the Antarctic Circumpolar Curren...