Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/30351
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishDrift 5Lucchi, 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 65° 53' 52" S (-65.89776871°)  
Longitude 72° 57' 3.6" W (-72.95098925°)  
Min. Lat 66° 20' 7.2" S (-66.3353°)  
Min. Long 73° 54' 35.7" W (-73.9099°)  
Max. Lat 65° 21' 24.6" S (-65.3568°)  
Max. Long 71° 50' 25.5" W (-71.8404°)  
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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