Late Pleistocene glaciation and retreat of ice sheet on the shelf of the South Orkney Plateau, West Antarctica

• Published in: Ice and Snow
• Main Authors: G. L. Leitchenkov, E. A. Bazhenova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Nauka 2021
• Subjects: антарктика; южно-оркнейское плато; шельф; многолучевое эхолотирование; сейсморазведка; батиметрия; морена; плейстоцен; оледенение; дегляциация; Science; Q; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; South Orkney Plateau; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Антарктика
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2076673421040109; https://doaj.org/article/3f5919a072f1450093bedc312699cbd5

The research aims to provide insight into reconstruction of the Late Pleistocene glaciations and ice retreat that followed the Last Glacial Maximum. The study is based on multi-channel seismic profiling and multibeam survey conducted on the shelf during the 63-rd Russian Antarctic Expedition (2018)...