Glacial morphology and depositional sequences of the Antarctic Continental Shelf

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Abstract

We propose a simple model for the unusual depositional sequences and morphology of the Antarctic continental shelf. Our model considers the regional stratal geometry and the reversed morphology of the Antarctic continental shelf to be principally the results of time-integrated effects of glacial erosion and sedimentation related to the location of the ice grounding line. The model offers several guidelines for stratigraphic interpretation of the Antarctic shelf and a Northern Hemisphere shelf, both of which were subject to many glacial advances and retreats.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Glacial morphology and depositional sequences of the Antarctic Continental Shelf
Series title Geology
DOI 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0580:GMADSO>2.3.CO;2
Volume 23
Issue 7
Year Published 1995
Language English
Publisher Geological Society of America
Description 5 p.
First page 580
Last page 584
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