Sedimentary record of the last glaciation of the Bellingshausen Sea, West Antarctica ...

• Main Authors: Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Baesler, Anja, Grobe, Hannes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2005
• Subjects: Gravity corer Kiel type; ANT-XI/3; Polarstern; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI AWI_Paleo; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Bellingshausen Sea; West Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.711337; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.711337

Upper Quaternary marine sediments recovered from the West Antarctic continental margin are characterized by a distinct lithological succession allowing the reconstruction of past environmental changes. Massive, homogenous diamictons were deposited elsewhere on the margin during the last glacial period, when grounded ice masses advanced across the shelf. Sedimentological investigations using a multi-proxy approach and examination of the margin topography suggest that during this time a deformation till and subsequently a glaciomarine till were deposited on the shelf, while glaciogenic debris flows were deposited on the slope and rise. The comparison of the clay mineral assemblages in the matrix of the diamictons with clay mineral assemblages of potential source areas reveals distinct pathways of grounded ice flow on the shelf. Lithogenic sandy muds overlying the diamictons were deposited by meltwater flows and/or marine currents on the shelf, and by turbidity currents and marine currents on the slope and ... : Supplement to: Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter; Baesler, Anja; Grobe, Hannes (2005): The sedimentary record of the last glaciation in the western Bellingshausen Sea (West Antarctica): Implications for the interpretation of diamictons in a polar-marine setting. Marine Geology, 216(4), 191-204 ...