Sedimentary architecture and late Holocene dynamics of a polar gravel spit (King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula)

• Main Authors: Heredia Barión, Pablo, Lindhorst, Sebastian, Kuhn, Gerhard
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: DGGV and DMG 2017
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; King George Island; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/46266/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/46266/1/Heredia_GeoBremen_2017.pdf; https://geobremen2017.smart-abstract.com/sessionplanner/index.html#/persons/40439#marker40439; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.102e9e8c-0f24-4fba-8152-9feeb94fdbb7

Sedimentary architecture and late Holocene development of a polar bay-mouth gravel spit system are presented based on ground-penetrating radar data, historical aerial images and radiocarbon dating. The spit is situated at the mouth of a tributary fjord formed by a tide water glacier and developed un...