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:
Related Expeditions:
ODP 178 ODP 178 1095 ODP 178 1096
Identifier:
ID:
2007-106634
Type:
georefid
ID:
10.1007/s11001-005-3136-8
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doi
Creator:
Name:
Diviacco, P.
Affiliation:
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Sgonico, Italy
Role:
author
Name:
Rebesco, M.
Affiliation:
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Role:
author
Name:
Camerlenghi, A.
Affiliation:
Role:
author
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Title:
Late Pliocene mega debris flow deposit and related fluid escapes identified on the Antarctic Peninsula continental margin by seismic reflection data analysis
Year:
2006
Source:
In: Whitmarsh, R. B. (prefacer), Special issue in honour of Editor in Chief Jean-Claude Sibuet
Publisher:
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Volume:
27
Issue:
2
Pages:
109-128
Abstract:
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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English
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Coverage: Geographic coordinates: North:-66.0000 West:-80.0000 East:
-74.0000 South:-68.3000
Keywords: 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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