Diviacco, P. et al. (2006): Late Pliocene mega debris flow deposit and related fluid escapes identified on the Antarctic Peninsula continental margin by seismic reflection data analysis

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 178
ODP 178 1095
ODP 178 1096
Identifier:
2007-106634
georefid

10.1007/s11001-005-3136-8
doi

Creator:
Diviacco, P.
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Sgonico, Italy
author

Rebesco, M.
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
author

Camerlenghi, A.
author

Identification:
Late Pliocene mega debris flow deposit and related fluid escapes identified on the Antarctic Peninsula continental margin by seismic reflection data analysis
2006
In: Whitmarsh, R. B. (prefacer), Special issue in honour of Editor in Chief Jean-Claude Sibuet
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands
27
2
109-128
We have obtained improved images of a debris flow deposit through the reprocessing of multichannel seismic reflection data between Drifts 6 and 7 of the continental rise of the Pacific margin of the Antarctic Peninsula. The reprocessing, primarily aimed at the reduction of noise, relative to amplitude preservation, deconvolution, also included accurate velocity analyses. The deposit is dated as upper Pliocene (nearly 3.0 Ma) via correlation to Sites 1095 and 1096 of the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 178. The estimated volume is about 1800 km (super 3) and the inferred provenance from the continental slope implies a run out distance exceeding 250 km. The dramatic mass-wasting event that produced this deposit, unique in the sedimentary history of this margin, is related to widespread late Pliocene margin erosion. This was associated with a catastrophic continental margin collapse, following the Antarctic ice sheet expansion in response to global cooling. (mod. journ. abst.)
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Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:-66.0000
West:-80.0000East: -74.0000
South:-68.3000

Stratigraphy; Applied geophysics; acoustical methods; Alexander Channel; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; bathymetry; bottom features; Cenozoic; continental margin; correlation; data processing; debris flows; deconvolution; geophysical methods; geophysical profiles; geophysical surveys; Leg 178; marine sediments; mass movements; mounds; Neogene; Ocean Drilling Program; ocean floors; ODP Site 1095; ODP Site 1096; Pliocene; reflection methods; sediments; seismic methods; seismic profiles; seismic stratigraphy; slumping; sonar methods; Southern Ocean; surveys; Tertiary;

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