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

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)...

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Published in:Ice and Snow
Main Authors: G. Leitchenkov L., E. Bazhenova A., Г. Лейченков Л., Е. Баженова А.
Other Authors: Field survey on the South Orkney Plateau was carried out within the Federal Project of the Agency Federal Agency for Mineral Resources № 049-00018-19-00. Scientific interpretation and preparation of paper were performed with the support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Project № 19-05-00858 «Late Cenozoic Environmental Changes in the north-western Weddell Sea (Antarctica)»., Полевые работы на шельфе Южно-Оркнейского плато проводились в рамках Государственного задания Федерального агентства по недропользованию № 049-00018-19-00 от 11 января 2019 г. на 2019 г. и плановый период 2020 и 2021 гг. Интерпретация полученных данных и подготовка публикации выполнена при поддержке гранта РФФИ № 19-05-00858 «Изменение природной среды северо-западной части моря Уэдделла (Антарктика) в позднем кайнозое»
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: IGRAS 2021
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Online Access:https://ice-snow.igras.ru/jour/article/view/935
https://doi.org/10.31857/S2076673421040109