Submarine geomorphology of the Celtic Sea continental shelf and the southern extent of glaciation on the Atlantic margin of Europe

• Main Authors: Praeg, D, Mccarron, Stephen, Dove, Dayton, Accettella, Daniella, Cova, Andrea, Facchin, Lorenzo, Monteys, Xavier
• Other Authors: Géoazur (GEOAZUR 7329), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud ), Department of Geography Maynooth, National University of Ireland Maynooth (Maynooth University), British Geological Survey (BGS), Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI), European Project: 656821,H2020,H2020-MSCA-IF-2014,SEAGAS(2016)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology; [SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology; [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; [SDU.STU.ST]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Stratigraphy; The Ribs; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02363131; https://hal.science/hal-02363131/document; https://hal.science/hal-02363131/file/Praeg%26al_INQUA2019_poster.pdf

International audience Ice sheets have occupied the Atlantic continental margin of Europe as far south as the Celtic Sea, where the maximum extent of glaciation remains in question. The Celtic Sea contains no obvious glacial landforms, but is dominated by a system of shelf-crossing seafloor megaridg...