Giant sediment drifts on the continental rise west of the Antarctic Peninsula

Rebesco, Michele; Larter, Robert D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8414-7389; Camerlenghi, Angelo; Barker, Peter F.. 1996 Giant sediment drifts on the continental rise west of the Antarctic Peninsula. Geo-Marine Letters, 16 (2). 65-75. 10.1007/BF02202600

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Abstract/Summary

Multichannel seismic reflection profiles from the continental rise west of the Antarctic Peninsula between 63° and 69°S show the growth of eight very large mound-shaped sedimentary bodies. MCS profiles and long-range side-scan sonar (GLORIA) images show the sea floor between mounds is traversed by channels originating in a dendritic pattern near the base of the continental slope. The mounds are interpreted as sediment drifts, constructed mainly from the fine-grained components of turbidity currents originating on the continental slope, entrained in a nepheloid layer within the ambient southwesterly bottom currents and redeposited downcurrent.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1007/BF02202600
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Pre 2000 programme
ISSN:	0276-0460
Additional Keywords:	marine surveys, seismic
Date made live:	29 Nov 2016 08:38 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515265

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1007/BF02202600

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Pre 2000 programme

ISSN:

0276-0460

Additional Keywords:

marine surveys, seismic

Date made live:

29 Nov 2016 08:38 +0 (UTC)