General Hydrography of the Beagle Channel, a Subantarctic Interoceanic Passage at the Southern Tip of South America

General Hydrography of the Beagle Channel, a Subantarctic Interoceanic Passage at the Southern Tip of South America

The Beagle Channel (BC) is a long and narrow interoceanic passage (∼270 km long and 1–12 km wide) with west-east orientation and complex bathymetry connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans at latitude 55°S. This study is the first integrated assessment of the main oceanographic features of the BC,...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Giesecke, Jacobo Martín, Andrea Piñones, Juan Höfer, Jose Garcés-Vargas, Ximena Flores-Melo, Emilio Alarcón, Xavier Durrieu de Madron, François Bourrin, Humberto E. González
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Beagle Channel
hydrography and bathymetry
micro-basins
interoceanic channel
southern Patagonia
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.621822/full

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