High-concentration sediment plumes, Horseshoe Island, western Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Rodrigo, Cristian, Varas-Gómez, Andrés, Bustamante-Maino, Adrián, Mena-Hodges, Emilio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2021
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Griffith; Horseshoe Island; Shoesmith Glacier; Lystad Bay; Lystad; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102021000055; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102021000055

The variability in sediment concentration and spatial distribution of meltwater discharges from tidewater glaciers can be used to elucidate climatic evolution and glacier behaviour due to the association between sediment yield and glacier retreat (e.g. Domack & McClennen 1996). In an accelerated...