Marine Regions · Wedell Continental Slope drift (Drift)

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MRGID

http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33713

Status

Proposed standard

Name

Language	Name	Name source
English	Wedell Continental Slope drift	J.A. Howe, T.M. Shimmield, R. Diaz (2004). Deep-water sedimentary environments of the northwestern Weddell Sea and South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 51 (2004), pp. 1489–1514 (look up in IMIS)

PlaceType

Drift

Latitude

63° 50' 2.3" S (-63.833984°)

Longitude

37° 26' 15.8" W (-37.437723°)

Source

J.A. Howe, T.M. Shimmield, R. Diaz (2004). Deep-water sedimentary environments of the northwestern Weddell Sea and South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 51 (2004), pp. 1489–1514 (look up in IMIS)

Notes

Prevailing contourite type (en): Muddy-silty

Relations

Part of	High Seas of the Southern Ocean (Marine Region)	[view hierarchy]
Influenced by	Antarctic Circumpolar Current (Current)	[view hierarchy]

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Last edited on 2014-08-06 13:50:51 by Velleman Jules

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