Large-scale Submarine Landslides, Channel and Gully Systems on the Southern Weddell Sea Margin, Antarctica

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Gales, J. A., Leat, P. T., Larter, R. D., Kuhn, G., Hillenbrand, C.-D., Graham, A. G. C., Mitchell, N. C., Tate, A. J., Buys, G. B., Jokat, W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2014
• Subjects: slope processes; Antarctica; continental slope; slide; mass wasting; trough mouth fan; Life Sciences; Antarctic; Filchner Trough; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/1554; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2013.12.002

New multibeam bathymetric data from the southeastern Weddell Sea show significant differences in surface morphology of the outer continental shelf and slope between two adjacent cross-shelf troughs. These are the Filchner Trough and a smaller trough to the east which we refer to as the ‘Halley Troug...