Continental slope records indicate a grounded ice sheet margin during past glacials, South Shetland Trench, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Stewart, Heather, Jamieson, Alan, O Cofaigh, Colm, Stewart, Margaret, Bradwell, Tom
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Glaciology; Marine Sciences; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Barents Sea; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Sea; South Shetland Islands; Bransfield Strait; Canada; South Orkney Islands; Elephant Island; South Shetland Trench; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515528/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515528/1/GlaciatedMargins_SST_HASTPoster_FINAL.pdf; http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/wsmith16

The South Shetland Trench (SST) is located around 100 km northwest, and parallel to, the South Shetland Islands, located between the Antarctic Peninsula and South America. Although a number of studies examining glacial history have been undertaken in the Bransfield Strait located between the South S...