Unusual coastal flood impacts in Salmon Valley, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Dayton, Paul K., Hammerstrom, Kamille, Jarrell, Shannon C., Kim, Stacy, Nordhausen, Walter, Osborne, D.J., Thrush, Simon F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2016
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; McMurdo Sound
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102016000171; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102016000171

Abstract Large floods bringing significant sediments into the coastal oceans have not been observed in Antarctica. We report evidence of a large flood event depositing over 50 cm of sediment onto the nearshore benthic habitat at Salmon Bay, Antarctica, between 1990 and 2010. Besides direct observati...