Mapping of the Eltanin impact area in the South-East Pacific

Two Polarstern expeditions were conducted in 1995 (ANT-XII/4) and 2001 (ANT-XVIII/5a) to the Bellingshausen Sea and Amundsen Sea and the suspected Eltanin meteorite impact in the SE-Pacific. A survey of the sediment distribution and its acoustic structure along the cruise track was performed. The seafloor topography was sampled using the multibeam sonar system Hydrosweep DS2 which operates on a frequency of 15.5 kHz. The resulting AWI Bathymetric Chart of the Eltanin Meteorite Impact Area is based on a Digital Terrain Model of this area. The mapping was performed using ArcGIS. The Eltanin impact area which covers the 4.100 m high Freden Seamount is visualized by one overview sheet of the scale 1:200,000 and four 1:100,000 subsheets.

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Jacops, Merijn J, Schenke, Hans Werner (2006). Dataset: Mapping of the Eltanin impact area in the South-East Pacific. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.526941

DOI retrieved: 2006

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Imported on November 30, 2024
Last update November 30, 2024
License CC-BY-3.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.526941
Author Jacops, Merijn J
Given Name Merijn J
Family Name Jacops
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Schenke, Hans Werner
Source Creation 2006
Publication Year 2006
Resource Type application/zip - filename: eltanin-bathymetry
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Name: Ecology

Name: Lithosphere

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Title: Analysis of high resolution bathymetric data in the Eltanin impact area
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2002
Source: Master Thesis, Technische Universiteit, Delft
Authors: Jacops Merijn J , Krocker Ralf .

Title: Korrelation von Gravimetrie und Bathymetrie zur geologischen Interpretation der Eltanin Impaktstruktur im Südpazifik (Correlation of gravimetry and bathymetry for the geologic interpretation of the Eltanin Impact Structure in the South-Pacific)
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0577_2008
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2008
Source: Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research
Authors: Jacops Merijn J , Krocker Ralf .