Abstract
Bransfield Basin separates the South Shetland Islands and the western margin of the northern Antarctic Peninsula (Fig. 1). The basin is the youngest of several convergent margin basins formed on the Pacific margins of South America and Antarctica. The study area is characterized by elevated levels of precipitation and temperature relative to the rest of Antarctica [Reynolds, 1981].
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Banfield, L.A., Anderson, J.B. (1997). Grounding Zone and Associated Proglacial Seismic Facies from Bransfield Basin Antarctica. In: Davies, T.A., et al. Glaciated Continental Margins. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5820-6_38
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