Open AccessDrake Passage and the Scotia arc: A tortuous space-time gateway for the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Author(s) -
Ian W. D. Dalziel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.609
H-Index - 215
eISSN - 1943-2682
pISSN - 0091-7613
DOI - 10.1130/focus042014.1
Subject(s) - circumpolar star , peninsula , current (fluid) , geology , oceanography , climatology , geography , archaeology
The opening of Drake Passage between South America and the Antarctic Peninsula may have removed the last barrier for the wind-driven Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the largest current in the world’s oceans, encircling the Antarctic continent. For over 35 yr, it has been speculated that its
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