The depositional record of the Odyssea drift (Ross Sea, Antarctica)

• Main Authors: Lucchi R. G., Caburlotto A., Miserocchi S., Liu Y., Morigi C., Persico D., Villa G., Langone L., Colizza E., Macrì P., Sagnotti L., Conte R., Rebesco M.
• Other Authors: Lucchi, R. G., Caburlotto, A., Miserocchi, S., Liu, Y., Morigi, C., Persico, D., Villa, G., Langone, L., Colizza, E., Macrì, P., Sagnotti, L., Conte, R., Rebesco, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Sediment drift; brine; microfossils; Ross Sea; Antarctica; Antarctic; Hillary Canyon; Southern Ocean; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/1035826; https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-10409-1.pdf

The Ross Sea is one of the major areas for Antarctic Bottom Water formation (the Ross Sea Bottom Water, RSBW), representing the densest ocean water mass, filling the deepest ocean basins connected to the southern ocean. Peri- odic refill of the RSBW occurs through formation of dense, cold and saline...