The Maximum Ice Extent on Island Groups in the Scotia Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Sugden, D.E., Clapperton, C.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1977
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Scotia Sea; South Orkney Islands; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(77)90041-2; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589477900412?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589477900412?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400031884

Evidence is presented for a more extensive ice cover over South Georgia, the South Orkney Islands, the South Shetland Islands, and the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Ice extended across the adjacent submarine shelves to a depth of 200 m below present sea level. Troughs cut into the submarine shelve...