A ‘shallow bathtub ring’ of local sedimentary iron input maintains the Palmer Deep biological hotspot on the West Antarctic Peninsula shelf
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DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0171
Abstract: Palmer Deep (PD) is one of several regional hotspots of biological productivity along the inner shelf of the West Antarctic Peninsula. The proximity of hotspots to shelf-crossing deep troughs has led to the ‘canyon hypothesis’,… read more here.
Keywords: west antarctic; antarctic peninsula; shelf; biological hotspot ... See more keywords