Antarctic shelf-slope dynamics: an innovative geophysical approach

• Main Authors: De Batist, M., Henriet, J.P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Geophysical surveys; Ice caps; Sediments; Shelf dynamics; PSW; Antarctica; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctic; Pacific; The Antarctic; Trinity Peninsula; Antarc*; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=55840

We investigated a large sub-marine slide – the Gebra Slide – on the continental margin of Trinity Peninsula, Central Bransfield Basin, Antarctic Peninsula. The slide scar is clearly expressed in the bathymetry, over an area of 230 km 2 . The associated debris-flow deposit extends over a total surfac...