Submarine Glacial Landforms on the Cold East Antarctic Margin

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Memoirs
• Main Authors: O'Brien, P. E., Beaman, R., De Santis, Laura, Domack, Eugene W., Escutia, C., Harris, P. T., Leventer, Amy, McMullen, K., Post, A., Quilty, P. G., Shevenell, Amelia E., Batchelor, C. L.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2016
• Subjects: Life Sciences; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; East Antarctica; Ross Sea; Prydz Bay; Weddell; Mac.Robertson Land; Solli; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/593; https://doi.org/10.1144/M46.172

The East Antarctic continental margin, which extends from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea (Fig. 1h), surrounds the largest and oldest ice mass on Earth; however, it has only been studied at a few locations because of its remoteness and persistent sea ice. The shelf is 100–150 km wide over most of it...