Distribución del espesor sedimentario en las cuencas Protector y Pirie (Mar de Scotia, Antártida): factores de control

Lara F. Pérez, F. Javier Hernandez-Molina, Fernando Bohoyo, Andrés Maldonado, Juan T. Vázquez, Francisco J. Lobo, Yasmina M. Martos

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Abstract

The analysis of multichannel seismic profiles reveals that the distribution of sedimentary depocenters within the Protector and Pirie basins of the southern Scotia Sea, close to the Scotia-Antarctica plate boundary, is largely due to the morpho-structural control of the basement and influenced by the distribution of bottom currents. Both basins constituted a good example of small isolated and undernourished deep basins, lacking major continental inputs and under the influence of active bottom currents related to both the Antarctic Circumpolar deep Water and the Weddell Sea Deep Water.
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)133-136
Number of pages4
JournalGeogaceta
Volume50
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event50 Sesión Científica - Vigo, Spain
Duration: 27 May 201127 May 2011
Conference number: 50

Programme Area

  • Programme Area 2: Water Resources

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