Geology and Seismic Stratigraphy of the Antarctic Margin, 2

Title page
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Copyright
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Contents 
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Preface
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Acknowledgments  
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INTRODUCTION......Page 12
GEOLOGIC AND TECTONIC SETTING......Page 15
DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING......Page 16
INTERPRETATION OF SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA......Page 18
DISCUSSION......Page 28
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 34
REFERENCES......Page 35
INTRODUCTION......Page 39
TECTONIC FRAMEWORK......Page 40
SEA-FLOOR MORPHOLOGY AND SEDIMENT CHARACTER......Page 41
ACOUSTIC UNITS AND HISTORY OF SEDIMENTATION......Page 46
DISCUSSION......Page 49
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 53
REFERENCES......Page 56
INTRODUCTION......Page 60
GEOLOGY OF THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA......Page 61
GLACIAL RECORD......Page 66
DEEP-SEA RECORD......Page 67
EROSION SURFACE......Page 68
DISCUSSION......Page 71
REFERENCES......Page 78
INTRODUCTION......Page 83
DATA SET......Page 84
DATA DESCRIPTION AND INTERPRETATION......Page 86
DEVELOPMENT OF THE BASIN......Page 99
REFERENCES......Page 100
INTRODUCTION......Page 102
DATA ACQUISITION......Page 103
STRATAL GEOMETRY OF THE SHELF, SLOPE AND RISE......Page 105
DISCUSSION......Page 108
CONCLUSIONS......Page 113
REFERENCES......Page 114
INTRODUCTION......Page 116
DATA AND METHODS......Page 117
SEA FLOOR TYPES......Page 118
SEA FLOOR PROVINCES......Page 121
DISCUSSION......Page 127
REFERENCES......Page 131
PREVIOUS WORK......Page 134
SUB-ICE TOPOGRAPHY TO THE WEST OFALLAN HILLS......Page 135
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE SUB-ICE TOPOGRAPHY......Page 136
LEVELS OF EROSION......Page 139
CONCLUSIONS......Page 140
REFERENCES......Page 141
INTRODUCTION......Page 143
STUDY AREA......Page 144
MATERIALS AND METHODS......Page 146
RESULTS......Page 147
DISCUSSION......Page 152
CONCLUSIONS......Page 154
REFERENCES......Page 155
INTRODUCTION......Page 158
CONSTRAINTS ON ANTARCTIC BIOSTRATIGRAPHY......Page 160
REVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL GROUPS......Page 161
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS......Page 168
REFERENCES......Page 169
INTRODUCTION......Page 173
SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES PRODUCING GROUNDING-LINE SYSTEMS......Page 175
GLACIOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON GROUNDING-LINE SYSTEMS......Page 181
EXTERNAL CONTROLS ON GROUNDING-LINE SYSTEMS......Page 182
PROCESS MODEL CONSIDERING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY......Page 183
REFERENCES......Page 186