Seismic stratigraphic record of the Amundsen Sea Embayment shelf from pre-glacial to recent times: Evidence for a dynamic West Antarctic ice sheet

Marine Geology

Volumn 344, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-131

  Gohl, Karsten ^a   Uenzelmann Neben, Gabriele ^a   Larter, Robert D ^b   Hillenbrand, Claus Dieter ^b   Hochmuth, Katharina ^a   Kalberg, Thomas ^a   Weigelt, Estella ^a   Davy, Bryan ^c   Kuhn, Gerhard ^a   Nitsche, Frank O ^d  

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

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice sheet dynamics; Pine Island Bay; Seismic stratigraphy; West Antarctic margin

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; ICE SHEET DYNAMICS; PINE ISLAND BAY; SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; WEST ANTARCTIC MARGIN;

BUILDINGS; EROSION; GLACIERS; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRILLING; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; WARMING;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84883410248     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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