Bottom currents, sedimentation and ice-sheet retreat facies successions on the Mac Robertson shelf, East Antarctica

• Published in: Marine geology Vol. 151; no. 1; pp. 47 - 72
• Main Authors: Harris, P.T, O'Brien, P.E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.10.1998
• Subjects: Antarctica; continental shelf; currents; glacial processes; sedimentary processes; PSE, Antarctica, MacRobertson Land; continental shelf; currents; sedimentary processes; Antarctica; glacial processes

Measurements of water turbidity, currents, seafloor sediment samples and geophysical data document the sedimentary processes and the Late Quaternary sedimentary history of a continental shelf valley system on the East Antarctic continental margin. The valley is up to 1200 m in depth and strikes acro...