Canada Basin and Makarov Basin

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Canada Basin and Makarov Basin are two deep, adjacent oceanic basins in the Arctic Ocean distinguished by their location and geological separation beneath the polar sea ice.

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Canada Basin and Makarov Basin canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of oceanic basins
oceanic basin
oceanic basin
adjacentTo Canada Basin
Makarov Basin
boundedBy Alpha Ridge
Beaufort Shelf
Chukchi Sea
surface form: Chukchi Shelf

Lomonosov Ridge
distinguishedBy location and geological separation beneath polar sea ice
formedBy oceanic crustal subsidence
seafloor spreading
hasSeafloorAge Cenozoic
Mesozoic to Cenozoic
hasSedimentFill Cenozoic sedimentary cover
thick Cenozoic sedimentary sequence
hasWaterMass cold, low-salinity Arctic surface water
importantFor Arctic Ocean circulation
paleoclimate reconstruction
locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Arctic basins
surface form: Central Arctic deep-water region

Western Arctic deep-water region
locatedNorthOf Alaska
Canada
Siberia
maximumDepth approximately 3800–4000 m
approximately 4000 m
overlainBy perennial or seasonal sea ice
partOf Amerasian Basin
Arctic Ocean
surface form: Central Arctic Ocean

Arctic Ocean
surface form: Western Arctic Ocean

deep Arctic Ocean basins
separatedFrom Canada Basin
Makarov Basin
studiedBy marine geologists
physical oceanographers
underlies Arctic sea ice

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Alpha Ridge separates Canada Basin and Makarov Basin