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South Atlantic

Imaggeo On Monday: Micro and Nano composition

November 9, 2020
Imaggeo On Monday: Micro and Nano composition

This image shows benthic foraminifera species of Favulina hexagona (Williamson, 1848) together with nanofossils enclosed inside the shell hexagons. This modern foraminifera species was found in the sediment core retrieved from the western slope of the Rio Grande Rise (western South Atlantic).   Description by Liubov Kuleshova, after the description on imaggeo.egu.eu.   Imaggeo is the …[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Measuring the wind direction

October 2, 2017
Imaggeo on Mondays: Measuring the wind direction

Remote, rugged, raw and beautiful beyond measure, the island of South Georgia rises from the wild waters of the South Atlantic, 1300 km south east of the Falkland Islands. The Allardyce Range rises imposingly, south of Cumberland Bay, dominating the central part of the island. At its highest, it towers 2935 m (Mount Paget) above …[Read More]