Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/30353
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishDrift 7Lucchi, R. G. and M. Rebesco (2007). Glacial contourites on the Antarctic Peninsula margin: insight for palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic conditions. Economic and Palaeoceanographic Importance of Contourite Deposits. A. R. Viana and M. Rebesco. London, Geological Society. 276: 111-127. (look up in IMIS)   
PlaceType Drift 
Latitude 67° 30' 10.5" S (-67.50292273°)  
Longitude 77° 19' 28" W (-77.32445213°)  
Min. Lat 68° 8' 5.6" S (-68.1349°)  
Min. Long 78° 59' 37.1" W (-78.9936°)  
Max. Lat 66° 55' 12.7" S (-66.9202°)  
Max. Long 75° 39' 52.1" W (-75.6645°)  
Source Lucchi, R. G. and M. Rebesco (2007). Glacial contourites on the Antarctic Peninsula margin: insight for palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic conditions. Economic and Palaeoceanographic Importance of Contourite Deposits. A. R. Viana and M. Rebesco. London, Geological Society. 276: 111-127. (look up in IMIS)
Notes Maximum age (en): Miocene    
Coordinate information (en): Coordinates redefined in 2014. These coordinates represent the centroid and the bounding box of the polygon from the shapefile.    
Drift type (en): Elongate mounded and detached Drift    
Mean contourite type (en): Glacial    
Relations 
Part of  Antarctic 200NM zone beyond the coastline part of the Southern Ocean (Marine Region)  [view hierarchy]   
Influenced by  Antarctic Circumpolar Current (Current)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2014-07-22 10:07:15 by Velleman Jules
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