Quaternary mud turbidites from the South Shetland Trench (West Antarctica): recognition and implications for turbidite facies modelling

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Authors: POREBSKI, SZCZEPAN J., MEISCHNER, DIETER, GÖRLICH, KRZYSZTOF
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1991
• Subjects: South Shetland Trench; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1991.tb01015.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3091.1991.tb01015.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1991.tb01015.x

ABSTRACT A piston core from the basinal part (depth of 5188 m) of the South Shetland Trench (West Antarctica) yielded a terrigenous mud section 11 m long, which can be subdivided with great precision into turbidite and hemipelagite layers. Mud turbidites (mean bed thickness = 44 cm) alternate regula...