Submarine landforms related to glacier retreat in a shallow Antarctic fjord

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Wölfl, Anne-Cathrin, Wittenberg, Nina, Feldens, Peter, Hass, H. Christian, Betzler, Christian, Kuhn, Gerhard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2016
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Science; King George Island; South Shetland Islands
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102016000262; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102016000262

Abstract Since the Last Glacial Maximum, ice has retreated through the fjords of the South Shetland Islands leaving a valuable record of submarine landforms behind. In this study, glacial landforms and sub-bottom characteristics have been mapped to investigate the late Holocene retreat behaviour of...