Continental slope morphology and sedimentary processes at the mouth of an Antarctic palaeo-ice stream

Marine Geology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 203-214

  Dowdeswell, J A ^a   O Cofaigh C ^a   Pudsey, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarctic Peninsula; Continental slope; Ice stream; Marguerite Bay; Swath bathymetry

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DEBRIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TURBIDITY;

SEDIMENT CORES;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; ICE STREAM; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SHELF BREAK; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 1242299643     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00338-4     Document Type: Article

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