Local controls on sediment accumulation and distribution in a fjord in the West Antarctic Peninsula: implications for palaeoenvironmental interpretations

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Munoz, Yuribia P., Wellner, Julia S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2016
• Subjects: Flandres Bay; Antarctic Peninsula; sediment distribution; grain size; Antarctic; Bellingshausen Sea; Gerlache; Gerlache Strait; Flandres; Antarc*; Polar Research; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3263; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.25284

We analyse surface sediment and its distribution in Flandres Bay, West Antarctic Peninsula, in order to understand modern day sediment dispersal patterns in a fjord with retreating, tidewater glaciers. The surface sediment descriptions of 41 cores are included in this study. The sediment facies desc...