Antarctic circumpolar deep water:A Quaternary paleoflow record from the northern Scotia Sea, South Atlantic ocean

• Main Authors: Howe, John, Pudsey, Carol J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: DRAKE PASSAGE; WEDDELL SEA; DEPOSITION; NE ATLANTIC; CLIMATE; MIDPLEISTOCENE; Geology; SEDIMENTS; GRAIN-SIZE; CIRCULATION; ICE-CORE; Antarctic; Drake Passage; Falkland Trough; North Scotia Ridge; Scotia Sea; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; ice core; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/4bb90f7c-a8be-461e-a489-d3da563bbc99

In the northern Scotia Sea, the main pathway of Circumpolar Deep Water (CPDW) flows north to pass through a deep gap in the North Scotia Ridge before turning east into the Falkland Trough. A sediment drift has developed on the seabed since the Early-Middle Miocene, coincident with the opening of Dra...