Amundsen Basin
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The Amundsen Basin, with depths up to 4.4 km, is the deepest abyssal plain in the Arctic Ocean. The Amundsen Basin is embraced by the Lomonosov Ridge (from 81°N 140°E / 81°N 140°E to 80°N 40°W / 80°N 40°W) and the Gakkel Ridge (from 81°N 120°E / 81°N 120°E to 85°N 10°E / 85°N 10°E). It is named after the polar researcher Roald Amundsen. Together with the Nansen Basin, the Amundsen Basin is often summarized as Eurasian Basin.
The Russian-American cooperation Nansen and Amundsen Basin Observational System (NABOS) aims "to provide a quantitative observationally based assessment of circulation, water mass transformations, and transformation mechanisms in the Eurasian and Canadian Basins of the Arctic Ocean".
Formation[edit]
The Amundsen Basin formed during the Cenozoic Era from seafloor spreading.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ Chernykh, A.A.; Krylov, A.A. (October 2011). "Sedimentogenesis in the Amundsen Basin from geophysical data and drilling results on the Lomonosov Ridge". Doklady Earth Sciences 440 (2): 1372–1376. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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