Patagonian Shelf Explained

-46°N -63°WThe Patagonian (sometimes referred to as Argentine) Shelf is part of the South American continental shelf belonging to the Argentine Sea on the Atlantic seaboard, south of about 35°S. It adjoins the coasts of Uruguay, Argentina and the Falkland Islands.Various authorities quote different dimensions of the shelf, depending on how they define its limits. Quoted statistics cites its area as being from 1.2 to 2.7 million square kilometres and its maximum width as being between 760and.[1] [2] The shelf itself can be divided into a 100km (100miles) band where the seabed slopes at about then a wide plain (250kmto450kmkm (160milesto280mileskm) wide) where the seabed slopes gently to 200m (700feet) isobath. Apart from the Falklands Plateau (which lies to the east of the Falkland Islands), the seabed then falls by up to to 2000m (7,000feet) and more.[3]

The Falklands Trough separates the Patagonian Shelf from the Scotia Arc.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patagonian Shelf large marine ecosystem . The encyclopaedia of Earth . 19 May 2008 . 31 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100612224612/https://eoearth.org/article/Patagonian_Shelf_large_marine_ecosystem . 12 June 2010 .
  2. XVI-55 Patagonian Shelf: LME #14. United Nations EP. Large Marine Ecosystems of the World - United Nations Regional Seas Report and Studies No. 182. 2009. S. Heileman. 24 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130216061802/http://www.lme.noaa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60:lme14&catid=41:briefs&Itemid=72. 16 February 2013. dead.
  3. INIDEP Documento Cientifico. 5. INIDEP Contribution Nº 1083. Oceanographic Conditions at the Southern End of the Argentine Continental Slope. Guerrero. Raúl. Ana . Baldoni. Hugo . Benavides. National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP). Mar del Plata, Argentina. 1999. 9 June 2013. 7–22.
  4. Book: The distribution of seabirds and marine mammals in Falkland Islands waters. 12. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. R W . White. K W . Gillon. A D . Black. J B . Reid. 31 October 2012. 2002. 1 86107 534 0.

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