Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/56846
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishEndurance Basin Drift D3Owen, M. J., Day, S. J., Leat, P. T., Tate, A. J., & Martin, T. J. (2014). Control of sedimentation by active tectonics, glaciation and contourite-depositing currents in Endurance Basin, South Georgia. Global and Planetary Change, 123, 323-343. (look up in IMIS)   
PlaceType Drift 
Latitude 54° 48' 2.2" S (-54.800624°)  
Longitude 39° 26' 23" W (-39.439717°)  
Min. Lat 55° 2' 27.6" S (-55.041°)  
Min. Long 39° 45' 7.2" W (-39.752°)  
Max. Lat 54° 40' 4.8" S (-54.668°)  
Max. Long 39° 8' 45.6" W (-39.146°)  
Source Owen, M. J., Day, S. J., Leat, P. T., Tate, A. J., & Martin, T. J. (2014). Control of sedimentation by active tectonics, glaciation and contourite-depositing currents in Endurance Basin, South Georgia. Global and Planetary Change, 123, 323-343. (look up in IMIS)
Notes Drift type (en): Mounded     
Prevailing contourite type (en): Muddy    
Maximum age (en): Pliocene    
Relations 
Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Influenced by  Antarctic Circumpolar Current (Current)  [view hierarchy]   
Influenced by  Weddell Sea Deep Water (Water mass)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2018-08-24 15:56:41 by Perez Perez Ruben
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