Large, buried glacial moraines revealed by TOPAS sub-bottom profiling, South Orkney Islands, South Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Memoirs
• Main Authors: Dickens, William A., Graham, A. G. C., Smith, James A., Dowdeswell, J. A.
• Other Authors: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 2016
• Subjects: Orwell; South Orkney Islands; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515708/; https://doi.org/10.1144/M46.47

Subglacial and ice-marginal landforms produced during the Last Glacial Maximum and subsequent regional deglaciation become progressively more buried, especially when postglacial sedimentation rates are high. Sub-bottom profiling is usually used to examine the stratigraphy of submarine glacial deposi...