Geomorphology of the South Sandwich Trench: escarpments, seamounts and deeps

• Main Authors: Stewart, Heather, Dove, Dayton, Bongiovanni, Cassie, Jamieson, Alan
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Marine Sciences; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; Kongsberg; South Sandwich Trench
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528794/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528794/1/4thJune2020-BGSDarwinSST-Geomorphology-BAS-Seminar.pdf

The Five Deeps Expedition acquired multibeam bathymetry data in the South Sandwich Trench using a latest-generation, full-ocean depth, Kongsberg EM124 multibeam echosounder. Prior to this fieldwork campaign, little high-resolution bathymetric data were available to underpin a range of marine biodive...