Did massive glacial dewatering modify sedimentary structures on the Amundsen Sea Embayment shelf, West Antarctica?

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 92-93, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-16

  Weigelt, Estella ^a   Uenzelmann Neben, Gabriele ^a   Gohl, Karsten ^a   Larter, Robert D ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amundsen Sea; Dewatering; Mud diapir; Reflection poor; Seismic reflection; West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Indexed keywords

AMUNDSEN SEA; ICE SHEET; MUD-DIAPIR; REFLECTION-POOR; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS;

DEWATERING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; SEISMIC WAVES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE SHEET; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUCCESSION;

AMUNDSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84861551063     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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