Local controls on sediment accumulation and distribution in a fjord in the West Antarctic Peninsula: implications for palaeoenvironmental interpretations

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Yuribia P. Munoz, Julia S. Wellner
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2016
• Subjects: Flandres Bay; Antarctic Peninsula; sediment distribution; grain size; geo; envir; Antarctic; Bellingshausen Sea; Flandres; Gerlache; Gerlache Strait; Antarc*; Polar Research; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.25284; https://doaj.org/article/97812abbcc52491999946aa8902208b5

We analyse surface sediment and its distribution in Flandres Bay, West Antarctic Peninsula, in order to understand modern day sediment dispersal patterns in a fjord with retreating, tidewater glaciers. The surface sediment descriptions of 41 cores are included in this study. The sediment facies desc...