Geodynamic setting of Scotia Sea and its effects on geomorphology of South Sandwich Trench, Southern Ocean

• Main Author: Lemenkova, Polina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Sciences exactes et naturelles; Sciences de la terre et du cosmos; Géodésie; Cartographie; Géographie physique; Géologie; Géomorphologie et orographie; Glaciologie; Gravimétrie; Océanographie physique et chimique; Systèmes d'information géographique; Stratigraphie; Sciences de l'ingénieur; Disciplines auxiliaires de l'ingénieur; Disciplines graphiques; Photogrammétrie - cartographie; Géodésie appliquée topographie [géodésie]; Sémantique des langages de programmation; Programmation du calcul numérique; Programmation et méthodes de simulation; Méthodologie de la recherche scientifique; South Atlantic Ocean; deep-sea trench; Scotia Sea Plate; GMT; Geology; Cartography; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Drake Passage; Scotia Sea; South Sandwich Trench; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/364116; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/364116/3/2021-01-PPR-01-Lemenkova.pdf

The South Sandwich Trench located eastward of the Drake Passage in the Scotia Sea between Antarctica and South America is one of the least studied deep-sea trenches. Its geomorphological formation and present shape formed under the strong influence of the tectonic plate movements and various aspects...