Abstract
Herein we provide information on the sedimentological and paleoceanographic research on the Argentine Patagonian continental slope during cruise 79 of the R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh in March 2020. The preliminary scientific results are discussed.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We are grateful to Captain L. V. Sazonov, the crew of the R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh and colleagues from the scientific party for their assistance in collecting water for the suspended matter filtering and sediment samples.
Funding
The expedition onboard works on the Argentine continental slope were partly funded by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 18-17-00227) and by the State Assignment no. 0149-2019-0007. The vessel time was covered by the State Assignment “Transportation of passengers and/or cargo during the maintenance of scientific research”.
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Ivanova, E.V., Borisov, D.G., Murdmaa, I.O. et al. Investigation of the Modern Lateral Sedimentation on the Argentine Continental Slope during Cruise 79 of the R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh . Oceanology 60, 869–871 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437020050070
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