Polar gravel beach-ridge systems: Sedimentary architecture, genesis, and implications for climate reconstructions (South Shetland Islands/Western Antarctic Peninsula)

• Published in: Geomorphology
• Main Authors: Lindhorst, S., Schutter, I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; King George Island; Potter Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; Swash; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0026-A8A6-7

The sedimentary architecture of polar gravel-beach ridges is presented and it is shown that ridge internal geometries reflect past wave-climate conditions. Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data obtained along the coasts of Potter Peninsula (King George Island) show that beach ridges unconformably over...