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Nearshore Glacial-Marine Deposition from Modern Sediments of the Weddell Sea

Nature Physical Science volume 240, pages 189–192 (1972)Cite this article

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STUDY of modern deposits collected during the 1968, 69 and 70 International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expeditions has shown that contrasting glacial and oceanographic conditions are reflected in the present sedimentologic and faunal distributions. There is evidence that both dry-base (freezing) and wet-base (thawing) ice shelves presently exist in the Weddell Sea. Saline shelf waters believed to be formed by a freezing Ronne Ice Shelf (Fig. 1) comprise the dominant water mass of the southwestern continental shelf. At the southwestern continental slope these dense shelf waters mix with warm deep waters to form Antarctic Bottom Water1.

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ANDERSON, J. Nearshore Glacial-Marine Deposition from Modern Sediments of the Weddell Sea. Nature Physical Science 240, 189–192 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci240189a0

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