A New Bathymetric Compilation Highlighting Extensive Paleo–ice Sheet Drainage on the Continental Shelf, South Georgia, Sub-Antarctica

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Graham, Alastair G. C., Fretwell, Peter T., Larter, Robert D., Hodgson, Dominic A., Wilson, Christian K., Tate, Alex J., Morris, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2008
• Subjects: sub-Antarctica; South Georgia; ice sheets; geomorphology; moraines; bathymetry; Life Sciences; Antarctic; Heard Island; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/1521; https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GC001993; https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/context/msc_facpub/article/2581/viewcontent/2008GC001993.pdf

A grid derived from a new compilation of marine echo-sounding data sets has allowed us to visualize and map the geomorphology of the entire continental shelf around South Georgia at an unprecedented level of detail. The grid is the first continuous bathymetric data set covering South Georgia to incl...