Ice shelf grounding zone features of Western Prydz Bay, Antarctica: Sedimentary processes from seismic and sidescan images

Antarctic Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-91

  O'Brien, P E ^a   De Santis, L ^b   Harris, P T ^c   Domack, E ^d   Quilty, P G ^e  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amery Ice Shelf; Grounding zone; Prydz Bay; Sedimentology; Seismic; Sidescan

Indexed keywords

ICE MOVEMENT; ICE SHEET; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SIDESCAN SONAR;

ANTARCTICA; PRYDZ BAY;

EID: 0033101644     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102099000115     Document Type: Article

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