Glaciomarine sedimentation dynamics of the Abbot glacial trough of the Amundsen Sea Embayment shelf, West Antarctica

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
• Main Authors: Hochmuth, Katharina, Gohl, Karsten
• Other Authors: Hambrey, M. J., Barker, P. F., Barrett, P. J., Bowman, V., Davies, B., Smellie, J. L., Tranter, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 2013
• Subjects: West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; Peacock; Thurston; Thurston Island; Sherman Island; Peacock Sound; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/30200/; http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/381/1/233; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.41866

Sedimentary sequences of the continental shelf of the eastern Amundsen Sea Embayment in West Antarctica represent records of past outlet glaciers and ice streams. The former flow of ice streams was channelled through glacial troughs, which now form large bathymetric depressions. We therefore selecte...