Iceberg scouring and sea bed morphology on the eastern Weddell Sea shelf, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Lien, Reidar, Solheim, Anders, Elverhøi, Anders, Rokoengen, Kare
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1989
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; East Antarctica; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Weddell; Riiser-Larsenisen; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2401; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v7i1.6829

A detailed shallow seismic and side scan sonar study, combined with vibrocoring on the continental shelf off Riiser Larsenisen ice shelf, East Antarctica, has provided information on the different morphological patterns present in the area. Features related to the motion of grounded icebergs prevail...