Marine Regions · Belgica Mound Province Small Mounded Drift (Drift)

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MRGID

http://marineregions.org/mrgid/30420

Status

Proposed standard

Name

Language	Name	Name source
English	Belgica Mound Province Small Mounded Drift	Van Rooij, D., et al. (2007). Quaternary sediment dynamics in the Belgica mounds province, Porcupine Seabight: Ice rafting events and contour current processes. International Journal of Earth Sciences 96: 121-140. (look up in IMIS)

PlaceType

Drift

Latitude

51° 23' 24" N (51.39°)

Longitude

11° 37' 48" W (-11.63°)

Source

Van Rooij, D., et al. (2007). Quaternary sediment dynamics in the Belgica mounds province, Porcupine Seabight: Ice rafting events and contour current processes. International Journal of Earth Sciences 96: 121-140. (look up in IMIS)

Notes

Maximum age (en): Pliocene

Drift type (en): Mounded drift

Mean contourite type (en): Muddy-sandy

Relations

Part of	Porcupine CDS (Contourite Depositional System)	[view hierarchy]
Influenced by	North Atlantic Water (Water mass)	[view hierarchy]

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Last edited on 2013-07-22 08:17:17 by Velleman Jules

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