Processes controlling the formation of the Mertz Drift, George Vth continental shelf, East Antarctica: evidence from 35 Khz sub-bottom profiling and sediment cores

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Other Authors: BASFAW (custodian), Beaman, R. (author), Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) (owner), Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) (pointOfContact), EGD (hasAssociationWith), Harris, P. (author), Manager Client Services (distributor), Manager Client Services (custodian)
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• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: geoscientificInformation; External Publication; Scientific Journal Paper; marine; sedimentology; Antarctic data; AQ; EARTH SCIENCES; Published_External; Antarctic; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/processes-controlling-formation-sediment-cores/683464; https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/61495; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00070-5

Maintenance and Update Frequency: unknown Statement: Unknown Recently discovered drift deposits on the Antarctic continental shelf provide access to information on the Holocene palaeoceanography of the bottom current regime within deep shelf basins that were previously inaccessible. The George Vth Basin on the East Antarctic margin has been identified by oceanographers as an important source of Antarctic Bottom Water, hence the Holocene history of bottom current activity here may be relevant to variations in bottom water export.