Oceans and seas:Atlantic-Indian Basin
Published: March 29, 2010, 12:00 am
Updated: November 30, 2011, 1:54 pm
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C Michael Hogan
The Atlantic-Indian Basin is one of three major basins in the Southern Ocean. It extends from its western border with the Pacific-Antarctic Basin at the Scotia Ridge and Drake Passage (at about 70o W) to its eastern border with the Australian-Atlantic Basin at the Kerguelan Plateau (about 75oE). It consists of the Enderby and Weddell abyssal plains and is bounded to the north below 4000 meters by the Mid- Atlantic and South-West Indian Ridges except for deeper connections into the Argentine Basin in the western Atlantic and into the deep basins of the western Indian Ocean.
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Steve Baum (Lead Author);C Michael Hogan (Topic Editor) "Atlantic-Indian Basin". 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 30, 2011; Retrieved May 22, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Atlantic-Indian_Basin?topic=49523>
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The Atlantic-Indian Basin is one of three major basins in the Southern Ocean. It extends from its western border with the Pacific-Antarctic Basin at the Scotia Ridge and Drake Passage (at about 70o W) to its eastern border with the Australian-Atlantic Basin at the Kerguelan Plateau (about 75oE). It consists of the Enderby and Weddell abyssal plains and is bounded to the north below 4000 meters by the Mid- Atlantic and South-West Indian Ridges except for deeper connections into the Argentine Basin in the western Atlantic and into the deep basins of the western Indian Ocean.
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