Abstract
The Southern Ocean and Antarctic Circumpolar Current isolate the Antarctic continent from other regions of the Earth. Thus, conditions in the study region provide the formation of a special water structure around Antarctica, whereas water structure in the northern regions is determined by interactions between waters of the North Atlantic and those of Arctic origin.
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- Antarctic Circumpolar Current
- Drake Passage
- North Atlantic Deep Water
- Antarctic Bottom Water
- Circumpolar Deep Water
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Morozov, E.G., Demidov, A.N., Tarakanov, R.Y., Zenk, W. (2010). Deep Water Masses of the South and North Atlantic. In: Abyssal Channels in the Atlantic Ocean. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9358-5_2
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