Morphostructure and evolution of the Central and Eastern Bransfield Basins (NW Antarctic Peninsula)

• Published in: Marine Geophysical Researches
• Main Authors: Gràcia, Eulàlia, Canals, Miquel, Farràn, Marcel Lí, Prieto, Maria José, Sorribas, Jordi, Gebra Team, the, De Batist, Marc
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; back-are basin; incipient seafloor spreading; rifting; swath bathymetry; morphostructure; seismic reflection; Bransfield Basin; SOUTH-SHETLAND ISLANDS; STRAIT; SEA; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Scotia Ridge; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/261163; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-261163; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00286088

The Bransfield Basin is a narrow and elongated active rift basin located between the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands. The Bransfield Basin is composed of three small basins, and two of them, the Central and Eastern Bransfield Basins, were surveyed during a recent cruise (GEBRA 93)...