Large-scale submarine landslides, channel and gully systems on the southern Weddell Sea margin, Antarctica

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Gales, J.A., Leat, P.T., Larter, R.T., Kuhn, G., Hillenbrand, C.-D., Graham, A.G.C., Mitchell, N.D., Tate, A.J., Buys, G.B., Jokat, W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Filchner Trough; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502265/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502265/1/1-s2.0-S0025322713002570-main.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025322713002570

New multibeam bathymetric data from the southeastern Weddell Sea show significant differences in surface morphology of the outer continental shelf and slope between two adjacent cross-shelf troughs. These are the Filchner Trough and a smaller trough to the east we refer to as the ‘Halley Trough’. Mu...