Morphology of the upper continental slope in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas - Implications for sedimentary processes at the shelf edge of West Antarctica

Marine Geology

Volumn 258, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 100-114

  Noormets, R ^a   Dowdeswell, J A ^a   Larter, R D ^b   O Cofaigh C ^c   Evans, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cross shelf troughs; debris flows; gullies; ice streams; Last Glacial Maximum; slides; subglacial meltwater; West Antarctic continental margin

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SHELF TROUGHS; DEBRIS FLOWS; GULLIES; ICE STREAMS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SLIDES; SUBGLACIAL MELTWATER; WEST ANTARCTIC CONTINENTAL MARGIN;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; DEBRIS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ICE;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEBRIS FLOW; GULLY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORPHOLOGY; SHELF BREAK; SWATH BATHYMETRY; WATER FLOW;

AMUNDSEN SEA; BELGICA TROUGH; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BELGICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS;

EID: 60349098376     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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