Location map for ODP site 1092 showing the position of the site on the northern Meteor Rise (after Tucholke & Embley 1984; Shipboard Scientific Party 1988; 1999). Shaded area indicates the core of the circum-basin erosional zone and arrows indicate the flow of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) inferred from bottom-water temperature measurements. Hatched area is a zone of thin sediment along the mid-oceanic ridge.