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Geomorphic and shallow-acoustic investigation of an Antarctic Peninsula fjord system using high-resolution ROV and shipboard geophysical observations: Ice dynamics and behaviour since the Last Glacial Maximum
* Marga García a, b, , J.A. Dowdeswell b, R. Noormets c, K.A. Hogan a, d, J. Evans e, C. O Cofaigh f, R.D. Larter d a Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC-University of Granada, Avda. de las Palmeras, 4. 18100, Armilla, Spain b Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER, UK c Departments of Arctic Geology and Arctic Geophysics, University Centre in Svalbard, 9170 Longyearbyen, Norway d British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK e Department of Geography, University of Loughborough, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK f Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK article info abstract
Article history: Detailed bathymetric and sub-bottom acoustic observations in Bourgeois Fjord (Marguerite Bay, Ant- Received 23 August 2016 arctic Peninsula) provide evidence on sedimentary processes and glacier dynamics during the last glacial Received in revised form cycle. Submarine landforms observed in the 50 km-long fjord, from the margins of modern tidewater 21 October 2016 glaciers to the now ice-distal Marguerite Bay, are described and interpreted. The landforms are grouped Accepted 23 October 2016 into four morpho-sedimentary systems: (i) glacial advance and full-glacial; (ii) subglacial and ice- Available online 30 October 2016 marginal meltwater; (iii) glacial retreat and neoglaciation; and (iv) Holocene mass-wasting. These morpho-sedimentary systems have been integrated with morphological studies of the Marguerite Bay Keywords: fi Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf and analysed in terms of the speci c sedimentary processes and/or stages of the glacial Fjord systems cycle. They demonstrate the action of an ice-sheet outlet glacier that produced drumlins and crag-and- Last Glacial Maximum tail features in the main and outer fjord. Meltwater processes eroded bedrock channels and ponds Glacial sedimentary processes infilled by fine-grained sediments. Following the last deglaciation of the fjord at about 9000 yr BP, Geomorphology subsequent Holocene neoglacial activity involved minor readvances of a tidewater glacier terminus in ROV-Derived bathymetry Blind Bay. Recent stillstands and/or minor readvances are inferred from the presence of a major trans- verse moraine that indicates grounded ice stabilization, probably during the Little Ice Age, and a series of smaller landforms that reveal intermittent minor readvances. Mass-wasting processes also affected the walls of the fjord and produced scars and fan-shaped deposits during the Holocene. Glacier-terminus changes during the last six decades, derived from satellite images and aerial photographs, reveal vari- able behaviour of adjacent tidewater glaciers. The smaller glaciers show the most marked recent retreat, influenced by regional physiography and catchment-area size. © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).