Strong export of Antarctic Bottom Water east of the Kerguelen plateau

• Published in: Nature Geoscience
• Main Authors: Fukamachi, Y, Rintoul, SR, Church, JA, Aoki, S, Sokolov, S, Rosenberg, MA, Wakatsuchi, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2010
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Falkland Plateau; Kerguelen; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/NGEO842; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/71313

The primary paths for the transport of Antarctic Bottom Water from the Southern Ocean into the global ocean are the deep western boundary currents east of the Antarctic Peninsula and the Kerguelen plateau(1). Previous ship-based observations documented distinct water properties and velocities associ...