The Alpha Crucis Carbonate Ridge (ACC R): Discovery of a giant ringshaped carbonate complex on the SW Atlantic margin

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Maly, Mascimiliano, Lobo, Francisco José
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Levy; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/58600; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55226-3

Recently acquired bathymetric and high-resolution seismic data from the upper slope of Santos Basin, southern Brazilian margin, reveal a major geomorphological feature in the SW Atlantic that is interpreted as a carbonate ridge - the Alpha Crucis Carbonate Ridge (ACCR). The ACCR is the first megastr...