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    Supplement of The Cryosphere, 9, 613–629, 2015 http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/613/2015/ doi:10.5194/tc-9-613-2015-supplement © Author(s) 2015. CC Attribution 3.0 License. Supplement of Configuration of the Northern Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet at LGM based on a new synthesis of seabed imagery C. Lavoie et al. Correspondence to: C. Lavoie ([email protected]) or E. W. Domack ([email protected]) • Fig.S1.jpg • larsb_movie_ovl.gif 2 C. Lavoie et al.: Northern Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet at LGM deepened troughs and basins where mega-scale glacial lin- swath bathymetry data and provide a comprehensive assess- eations (MSGLs) (Clark, 1993; Clark et al., 2003) and large- ment of the flow paths, ice divides, and ice domes pertaining scale flow line bedforms such as glacial flutes, mega-flutes, to the glacial history of the northern APIS at the LGM time grooves, drumlins, and crag-and-tails provide geomorphic interval. These ice divides can either be ice ridges or local evidence for former regional corridors of fast-flowing ice and ice domes with their own accumulation centers, which are drainage directions of the APIS on the continental shelf. Also ice divides with a local topographic high in the ice surface of importance is their synchroneity as the ice flows change and flow emanating in all directions (although not necessar- during the ice sheet evolution from ice sheet to ice stream to ily equally). The shape of an ice dome may range from cir- ice shelf (Gilbert et al., 2003; Dowdeswell et al., 2008). cular to elongated; elongated ridge-like ice domes are com- Our capability to image specific flow directions and styles mon amongst the present-day ice streams of West Antarc- on the Antarctic continental shelf is critical to any glacial re- tica.
  • Geotectonic Evolution of the Bransfield Basin, Antarctic Peninsula

    Geotectonic Evolution of the Bransfield Basin, Antarctic Peninsula

    Antarctic Science 20 (2), 185–196 (2008) & Antarctic Science Ltd 2008 Printed in the UK DOI: 10.1017/S095410200800093X Geotectonic evolution of the Bransfield Basin, Antarctic Peninsula: insights from analogue models M.A. SOLARI1*, F. HERVE´ 1, J. MARTINOD2, J.P. LE ROUX1, L.E. RAMI´REZ1 and C. PALACIOS1 1Department of Geology, Universidad de Chile, PO Box 13518, Correo 21, Santiago, Chile 2IRD, LMTG, Universite´ Toulouse 3, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France *[email protected] Abstract: The Bransfield Strait, located between the South Shetland Islands and the north-western end of the Antarctic Peninsula, is a back-arc basin transitional between rifting and spreading. We compiled a geomorphological structural map of the Bransfield Basin combining published data and the interpretation of bathymetric images. Several analogue experiments reproducing the interaction between the Scotia, Antarctic, and Phoenix plates were carried out. The fault configuration observed in the geomorphological structural map was well reproduced by one of these analogue models. The results suggest the establishment of a transpressional regime to the west of the southern segment of the Shackleton Fracture Zone and a transtensional regime to the south-west of the South Scotia Ridge by at least c. 7 Ma. A probable mechanism for the opening of the Bransfield Basin requires two processes: 1) Significant transtensional effects in the Bransfield Basin caused by the configuration and drift vector of the Scotia Plate after the activity of the West Scotia Ridge ceased at c. 7 Ma. 2) Roll-back of the Phoenix Plate under the South Shetland Islands after cessation of spreading activity of the Phoenix Ridge at 3.3 Æ 0.2 Ma, causing the north-westward migration of the South Shetland Trench.
  • Numerical Simulations of Circulations Near the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

    Numerical Simulations of Circulations Near the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

    Numerical simulations of circulations near the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica Zhaoru Zhang1, Martinho Marta-Almeida2, and Guangqian Du1 1. Institute of Oceanology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China 2.University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 1. Introduction 4. Numerical Model The Bransfield Strait and Gerlache Strait in Antarctica are the spawning and nursery grounds of Antarctic Krill, and circulations in this area play an important role in the transport of krill larvae. The major circulation feature in this region is a strong, northeastward-flowing current along the northern slope of the Bransfield Strait, which is fed by the return flow of the southwest currents along the Antarctic Peninsula, the northeastward currents EI flowing from the Gerlache Strait into the Bransfield Strait, and the southward currents through the Boyd Strait. A numerical model based on ROMS is preliminarily built up to simulate the circulation system in the Bransfield SSIs Strait. 2. Observed seasonal circulations in/near the Bransfield Strait Bransfield Strait Dataset: Joint Archived Shipboard ADCP (JASADCP) Gerlache Strait Antarctic Peninsula Fig. 4. The model domain. The grid is plotted every 10th model point. Fig.1. Seasonal surface currents (climatology) in the Bransfield Strait, Gerlache Strait and north of the South Shetland Islands (SSIs). Fig. 5. Model simulated December mean sea surface temperature (color) and surface currents (vector). Fig.2. Same as Fig. 1 but for currents at 200 m. 3. The Antarctic Slope Current Fig. 6. Model simulated December mean sea surface salinity. Fig. 3. (Left) Vertical profiles of (a) potential temperature, (b) salinity, (c) dissolved oxygen, (d) potential density, (e) calculated geostrophic current and (f) measured along-slope current on a cross-slope transect north of the Elephant Island (EI) during an austral summer cruise.