Seismic stratigraphy of the late Quaternary sedimentary infill of Lac d'Armor (Kerguelen archipelago): a record of glacier retreat, sedimentary mass wasting and southern Westerly intensification

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Heirman, Katrien, De Batist, Marc, Arnaud, Fabien, De Beaulieu, Jacques-Louis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; glacial sedimentation; lacustrine sedimentation; drift deposit; LAKE; OCEAN; DEGLACIATION; CIRCULATION; EVOLUTION; ISLANDS; HISTORY; MAXIMUM; ORIGIN; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; wind-driven currents; Kerguelen; Lac d'Armor; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3096256; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-3096256; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012000466; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3096256/file/3096264

Lac d'Armor (49 degrees 27'S, 69 degrees 42'E) is a medium-sized, fiord-type lake located on the 'Grande Terre' island of the Kerguelen archipelago. A dense grid of high-resolution reflection seismic profiles was collected from this lake basin. The seismic stratigraphic faci...