Clay mineralogy and shear strength of subglacial and glaciomarine sediments in the southern Bellingshausen Sea

• Main Authors: Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Ehrmann, Werner, Larter, Robert D, Benetti, Sara, Dowdeswell, Julian A, Ó Cofaigh, Colm, Graham, Alastair G C, Grobe, Hannes
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: ANT-XI/3; AWI_Paleo; BC; BC351 CORE_NO 351; BC356 CORE_NO 356; BC361 CORE_NO 361; BC363 CORE_NO 363; BC364 CORE_NO 364; BC369 CORE_NO 369; BC373 CORE_NO 373; BC379 CORE_NO 379; Bellingshausen Sea; bank west of channel on TMF; central axis of trough; middle shelf; outer shelf; deep part of trough in Eltanin Bay; eastern bank of mini trough; part of trough exiting Carroll Inlet; MSGL/drumlins trend 335¡; ridge-groove province: flattish groove; ridge-groove province: ridge; shallow part of trough in Eltanin Bay; slope on TMF; small escarpment at shelf break; steep slope east of TMF; till sheet on N side of Ronne Entrance Trough; till sheet on shelf N of Smyley Island; toe of eastern bank of mini trough; upper slope on Trough Mouth Fan (TMF); Antarctic; Southern Ocean; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Pacific; Eltanin Bay; Ronne Entrance; Carroll Inlet; Smyley; Smyley Island; Carroll; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.711173; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.711173

The Belgica Trough and the adjacent Belgica Trough Mouth Fan in the southern Bellingshausen Sea (Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean) mark the location of a major outlet for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Late Quaternary. The drainage basin of an ice stream that advanced through Belgica Tr...