Large, Buried Glacial Moraines Revealed by TOPAS Sub-bottom Profiling, South Orkney Islands, South Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Memoirs
• Main Authors: Dickens, W. A., Graham, A. G. C., Smith, J. A., Dowdeswell, J. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2016
• Subjects: Life Sciences; Orwell; South Orkney Islands; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/1563; https://doi.org/10.1144/M46.47

Subglacial and ice-marginal landforms produced during the Last Glacial Maximum and subsequent regional deglaciation become progressively more buried, especially when postglacial sedimentation rates are high. Sub-bottom profiling is usually used to examine the stratigraphy of submarine glacial deposi...