Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/30304
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishDrift 2Hernandez-Molina, F. J., et al. (2006). Miocene reversal of bottom water flow along the Pacific Margin of the Antarctic Peninsula: Stratigraphic evidence from a contourite sedimentary tail. Marine Geology 228(1-4): 93-116. (look up in IMIS)   
PlaceType Drift 
Latitude 63° 26' 4.4" S (-63.43456267°)  
Longitude 66° 34' 44.6" W (-66.579057°)  
Min. Lat 63° 39' 40.7" S (-63.6613°)  
Min. Long 67° 15' 56.2" W (-67.2656°)  
Max. Lat 63° 10' 39.7" S (-63.1777°)  
Max. Long 65° 56' 58.9" W (-65.9497°)  
Source Hernandez-Molina, F. J., et al. (2006). Miocene reversal of bottom water flow along the Pacific Margin of the Antarctic Peninsula: Stratigraphic evidence from a contourite sedimentary tail. Marine Geology 228(1-4): 93-116. (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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