Glaciomarine sedimentation dynamics of the Abbot glacial trough of the Amundsen Sea Embayment shelf, West Antarctica

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 381, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 233-244

  Hochmuth, Katharina ^a   Gohl, Karsten ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SHELF BREAK; TROUGH; BATHYMETRY; FACIES;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84887277426     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP381.21     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Anderson, J. & Bartek, L. R. 1992. Cenozoic glacial history of the Ross Sea revealed by intermediate resolution seismic reflection data combined with drill site information. Antarctic Research Series, 56, 231-263.
2. Andersen, O. B., Knudsen, P. & Berry, P. 2010. The DNSC08GRA global marine gravity field from double retracked satellite altimetry. Journal of Geodesy, 84, 191-199.
3. Bart, P. J. & Anderson, J. B. 2000. Relative temporal stability of the Antarctic ice sheets during the late Neogene based on the minimum frequency of outer shelf grounding events. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 182, 259-272.
4. Chow, J. M. & Bart, P. J. 2003. West Antarctic Ice Sheet grounding events on the Ross Sea outer continental shelf during the middle Miocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 198, 169-186.
5. Dalziel, I. W. D. 2006. On the extent of the active West Antarctic rift system. In: Siddoway, C. S. & Ricci, C. A. (eds) Proceedings of Workshop on Frontiers and Opportunities in Antarctic Geosciences. Terra Antartica Reports 12. Terra Antartica, Siena, 193-202.
6. Dowdeswell, J. A., Ottensen, D. & Reise, L. 2006a. Flow switching and large-scale deposition by ice streams draining former ice sheet. Geology, 34, 313-316.
7. Dowdeswell, J. A., Cofaigh, C. Ó. Anderson, J. B. 2006b. Morphology and sedimentary processes on the continental slope offPine Island Bay, Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 118, 606-619.
8. Eagles, G., Gohl, K. & Larter, R. D. 2004. High-resolution animated tectonic reconstruction of the South Pacific and West Antarctic Margin. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 5, 1-21, doi: 10.1029/2003GC000657.
9. Evans, J., Dowdeswell, J. A., Cofaigh, C., Benham, T. J. Anderson, J. B. 2006. Extent and dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on the outer continental shelf of Pine Island Bay during the last glaciation. Marine Geology, 230, 53-70.
10. Gohl, K. 2010. The expedition of the research vessel 'Polarstern' to the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica, in 2010. Berichte zur Polar-und Meeresforschung/Reports on Polar and Marine Research, 617, http:/epic.awi.de/epic/Main?static=yes&page=abstract&entry_dn=Go h2010f.
11. Gohl, K. 2012. Basement control on past ice sheet dynamics in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 335-336, 35-41, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.02.022.
12. Gohl, K., Teterin, D. et al. 2007. Geophysical survey reveals tectonic structures in the Amundsen Sea embayment, West Antarctica. In: Cooper, A. K. & Raymond, C. R. (eds) Proceedings of the 10th Int. Symposium of Antarctic Earth Sciences. USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047. US Geological Survey, Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/of2007-1047.srp047.
13. Gohl, K., Denk, A., Eagles, G. & Wobbe, F. 2012. Deciphering tectonic phases of the Amundsen Sea Embayment shelf, West Antarctica, from a magnetic anomaly grid. Tectonophysics, 585, 113-123, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.06.036.
14. Graham, A. G. C., Larter, R. D. et al. 2010. Flow and retreat of the Late Quaternary Pine Island-Thwaites paleo-ice stream, West Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surfaces, 115, 1-12, doi: 10.1029/2009JF001482.
15. Hayes, D. E. & Frakes, L. A. 1975. General synthesis. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 28, 919-942.
16. Hillenbrand, C.-D., Smith, J. A. et al. 2009. Age assignment of diatomaceous ooze deposited in the western Amundsen Sea Embayment after the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Quaternary Science, 25, 280-295, doi: 10.1002/jqs.1308.
17. Jakobsson, M., Anderson, J. B. et al. 2011. Geological record of ice shelf break-up and grounding line retreat, Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica. Geology, 39, 691-694, doi: 10.1130/G32153.1.
18. Jakobsson, M., Anderson, J. B. et al. 2012. Ice sheet retreat dynamics inferred from glacial morphology of the central Pine Island Bay Trough, West Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews, 38, 1-10, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.12.017.
19. Jordan, T. A., Ferraccioli, F., Vaughan, D. G., Holt, J. W., Corr, H., Blankenship, D. D. & Diehl, T. M. 2009. Aerogravity evidence of major crustal thinning under the Pine Island Glacier region (West Antarctica). Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 122, 714-726, doi: 10.1130/B26417.1.
20. Kirshner, A. E., Anderson, J. B., Jakobsson, M., O'Regan, M., Majewski, W. & Nitsche, F. O. 2012. Post-LGM deglacation in Pine-Island Bay, West Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews, 38, 1-16, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.01.017.
21. Larter, R. D. & Vanneste, L. E. 1995. Relict subglacial deltas on the Antarctic Peninsula outer shelf. Geology, 23, 33-36.
22. Larter, R. D., Graham, A. G. C. et al. 2009. Subglacial bedforms reveal complex basal regime in zone of paleo-ice stream convergence, Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica. Geology, 37, 411-414.
23. Lowe, A. L. & Anderson, J. B. 2002. Reconstruction of the West Antarctic ice sheet in Pine Island Bay during the Last Glacial Maximum and its subsequent retreat history. Quaternary Science Reviews, 21, 1879-1897.
24. Lowe, A. L. & Anderson, J. B. 2003. Evidence for abundant subglacial meltwater beneath the paleo-ice sheet in Pine Island Bay, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, 46, 125-138.
25. Nitsche, F. O., Gohl, K., Vanneste, K. & Miller, H. 1997. Seismic expression of glacially deposited sequences in the Bellinghausen and Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, 71, 95-108.
26. Nitsche, F. O., Jacobs, S. S., Larter, R. D. & Gohl, K. 2007. Bathymetry of the Amundsen Sea continental shelf: implications for geology, oceanography, and glaciology. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 8, 1-10, doi: 10.1029/2007GC001694.
27. Smith, J. A., Hillenbrand, C.-D. et al. 2011. Deglacial history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the western Amundsen Sea Embayment. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30, 488-505.
28. Uenzelmann-Neben, G., Gohl, K., Larter, R. D. & Schlüter, P. 2007. Differences in ice retreat across Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica, since the Last Glacial Maximum: indications from multichannel seismic reflection data. In: Cooper, A. K. & Raymond, C. R. (eds) Proceedings of the 10th Int. Symposium of Antarctic Earth Sciences. USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047. US Geological Survey, Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/of2007-1047.srp084.
29. Weigelt, E., Gohl, K., Uenzelmann-Neben, G. & Larter, R. D. 2009. Late Cenozoic ice sheet cyclicity in the western Amundsen Sea Embayment-evidence from seismic records. Global and Planetary Change, 69, 162-169.