A major trough-mouth fan on the continental margin of the Bellingshausen Sea, West Antarctica: The Belgica Fan

Marine Geology

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 129-140

  Dowdeswell, J A ^a   Cofaigh, C Ó ^b   Noormets, R ^a   Larter, R D ^c   Hillenbrand, C D ^c   Benetti, S ^c   Evans, J ^d   Pudsey, C J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bellingshausen Sea; fast flowing ice streams; gullies; iceberg scouring; submarine channels; submarine fan; West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Indexed keywords

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ANTARCTICA; CONTINENTAL (CO); CONTINENTAL MARGINS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPES; CUT THROUGH; DEBRIS FLOWS; DEGLACIATION; DOWNSLOPE; GLACIAL ICE; GLACIGENIC DEBRIS FLOWS; ICE STREAMS; LATE QUATERNARY; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; MULTIBEAM (CO); SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SHELF BREAK; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DEBRIS; ICE; MICROFLUIDICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOCENTER; GULLY; ICE STREAM; ICEBERG; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF BREAK; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUBMARINE FAN; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TROUGH;

ANTARCTICA; BELGICA FAN; BELGICA TROUGH; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BELGICA;

EID: 45449118904     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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