Opening of Drake Passagcontourites development and paleoceanographic implications

  1. Andrés Maldonado 1
  2. Fernando Bohoyo 2
  3. Jesús Galindo-Zaldívar 1
  4. Fº. Javier Hernández-Molina 3
  5. Francisco J. Lobo 1
  6. Yasmina Martos-Martin 1
  7. Anatoly A. Schreider 4
  1. 1 Instituto Andaluz Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT). CSIC/Universidad Granada
  2. 2 Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME)
  3. 3 Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Vigo
  4. 4 P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Revista:
Geotemas (Madrid)

ISSN: 1576-5172

Año de publicación: 2010

Título del ejemplar: Deep-Water Circulation: Processes & Products. International Congress. Baitona, Pontevedra, Spain. 16 & 17 June 2010

Número: 11

Páginas: 109-110

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

The tectonics and distribution of seismic units of the southwestern Scotia Sea are described based on multichannel seismic profiles and magnetic anomalies. Recently acquired profiles suggest that spreading of the Drake Passage was active prior to 31 Ma. Taking into consideration the timing for breakup and the tectonics of the area, a deep gateway may have developed in Drake Passage close to the Eocene-Oligocene boundary. After the initial breakup the Scotia Sea resulted from several spreading centers that developed deep oceanic basins. Seven seismic units are identified in the Cenozoic deposits. The three youngest units exhibit similar seismic facies and are correlated at regional scale. The deposits show a variety of contourite drifts that resulted from the interplay between the northeastward flows of Weddell Sea Deep Water (WSDW), the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and thecomplex bathymetry.

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