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AFI 02/36_03 - Geochemical Tracing of Pacific-to-Atlantic Mantle Flow through the Drake Passage/Scotia Sea Gateway - Swath Bathymetry conducted in the Scotia Sea, February and March 2004
Entry ID: GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00278

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Summary
Abstract: The target area was along the eastern segments of the West Scotia Ridge, an ocean spreading centre which stopped spreading about 10 million years ago. The spreading centre has high topographic relief and contains an axial rift, which has flanks that are suitable for dredging. The fieldwork involved mapping the spreading centre using swath bathymetry, and then using this information to locate the best dredging sites. This meant successfully imaging a significant area of hitherto unsurveyed oceanic crust and recovering rocks at 13 dredge sites. The new bathymetric maps add considerably to knowledge of the West Scotia Ridge.
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Description: This document is the Cruise Report, contianing a description of the field work undertaken in 2004 for this project, submited to the British Oceanographic Data Centre ("BODC").
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  N: -54.0   S: -58.0   E: -40.0   W: -55.0

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2004-02-19
Stop Date: 2004-03-03
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Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

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Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia
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Distribution Size: 732 MB
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KEVIN KIERNAN
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Email: kevin.kiernan at utas.edu.au
Contact Address:
Churchill Avenue
University of Tasmania
City: Sandy Bay
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7005
Country: Australia
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2000-08-09
Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-04-10

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