Marine Regions · Big Grey Drift (Drift)

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MRGID

http://marineregions.org/mrgid/30348

Status

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Name

Language	Name	Name source
English	Big Grey Drift	Carter, R. M., et al. (2004). Canterbury Drifts at Ocean Drilling Program Site 1119, New Zealand: Climatic modulation of southwest Pacific intermediate water flows since 3.9 Ma. Geology 32(11): 1005-1100. (look up in IMIS)

PlaceType

Drift

Latitude

45° 20' 24" S (-45.34°)

Longitude

172° 39' 0" E (172.65°)

Source

Carter, R. M., et al. (2004). Canterbury Drifts at Ocean Drilling Program Site 1119, New Zealand: Climatic modulation of southwest Pacific intermediate water flows since 3.9 Ma. Geology 32(11): 1005-1100. (look up in IMIS)

Notes

Maximum age (en): Late Miocene

Drift type (en): Elongated mounded and separated drift

Mean contourite type (en): Sandy-muddy

Relations

Part of	Canterbury Drifts (Contourite Depositional System)
Influenced by	Subantarctic Mode Water (Water mass)

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

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