Geography:Antarctic Zone
Published: March 29, 2010, 12:00 am
Updated: November 14, 2011, 11:34 am
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The Antarctic Zone (AZ), in oceanography, is the region in the Southern Ocean between the Polar Front to the north and the Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front to the south. The AZ is one of four distinct surface water mass regimes in the Southern Ocean, the others being the Continental Zone (CZ) to the south and the Polar Frontal Zone (PFZ) and Subantarctic Zone (SAZ) to the north.
In more general usage the Antarctic Zone is often taken to be the section of the earth's surface lying between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
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Further Reading
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Alejandro H. Orsi, Thomas Whitworth III, and Worth D. Nowlin Jr. On the meridional extent and fronts of the antarctic circumpolar current. Deep-Sea Research, 42:641–673, 1995.
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Steve Baum (Lead Author);C Michael Hogan (Topic Editor) "Antarctic Zone". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 29, 2010; Last revised Date November 14, 2011; Retrieved May 24, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Antarctic_Zone?topic=49460>
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The Antarctic Zone (AZ), in oceanography, is the region in the Southern Ocean between the Polar Front to the north and the Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front to the south. The AZ is one of four distinct surface water mass regimes in the Southern Ocean, the others being the Continental Zone (CZ) to the south and the Polar Frontal Zone (PFZ) and Subantarctic Zone (SAZ) to the north.
In more general usage the Antarctic Zone is often taken to be the section of the earth's surface lying between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
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This article is written at a definitional level only. Authors wishing to expand this entry are inivited to expand the present treatment, which additions will be peer reviewed prior to publication of any expansion. |
Further Reading
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Physical Oceanography Index
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Alejandro H. Orsi, Thomas Whitworth III, and Worth D. Nowlin Jr. On the meridional extent and fronts of the antarctic circumpolar current. Deep-Sea Research, 42:641–673, 1995.
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