Preliminary surveys of the Antarctic continental shelf by a seismic profiler in Amundsen Bay and Lutzow-Holm Bay

A preliminary sonic prospecting by a sparker system was carried out on the Antarctic continental shelf on board the icebreaker FUJI. The results are as follows : 1) A ridge which seems to be a drowned lateral moraine was found in Amundsen Bay, 2) the broad rise north-northwest of the Ongul Islands i...

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Main Author: Kiichi Moriwaki
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1984
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Ongul
Amundsen Bay
Antarc*
Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research
Polar Research
Online Access:https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=1641
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Summary:A preliminary sonic prospecting by a sparker system was carried out on the Antarctic continental shelf on board the icebreaker FUJI. The results are as follows : 1) A ridge which seems to be a drowned lateral moraine was found in Amundsen Bay, 2) the broad rise north-northwest of the Ongul Islands is an erosional surface, at least its northern part.

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