Geomorphic signature of Antarctic submarine gullies: Implications for continental slope processes

Marine Geology

Volumn 337, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-124

  Gales, Jennifer A ^a,b   Larter, Robert D ^a   Mitchell, Neil C ^b   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Continental margin; Geomorphology; Subglacial meltwater; Submarine gully

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SUBGLACIAL MELTWATER; SUBMARINE GULLY; WESTERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINES;

LANDFORMS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULLY; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MELTWATER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT YIELD; SHELF BREAK; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE TROUGH; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84877679030     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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