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Glaciated Continental Margins

An Atlas of Acoustic Images

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Editors:
  1. Thomas A. Davies

    1. Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austria, Austin, USA

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  2. Trevor Bell

    1. Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada

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  3. Alan K. Cooper

    1. Marine and Coastal Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, USA

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  4. Heiner Josenhans

    1. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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  5. Leonid Polyak

    1. Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, USA

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  6. Anders Solheim

    1. Norwegian Polar Institute, Oslo, Norway

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  7. Martyn S. Stoker

    1. Murchison House, British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  8. Jay A. Stravers

    1. Dept. of Geology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA

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Table of contents (98 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Thomas A. Davies
      Pages 1-6

  3. Seismic Character and Variability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Seismic Methods and Interpretation

      • Martyn S. Stoker, Jack B. Pheasant, Heiner Josenhans
      Pages 9-26

    3. Iceberg Scours: Records from Broad and Narrow-Beam Acoustic Systems

      • Julian A. Dowdeswell, Robert J. Whittington, Heinrich Villinger
      Pages 27-28

    4. The Effects of Shallow Gas on Seismic Reflection Profiles

      • Gordon B. J. Fader
      Pages 29-30

    5. Simultaneous use of Multiple Seismic Reflection Systems for High Resolution and Deep Penetration

      • Heiner Josenhans
      Pages 31-32

  4. Features Found in Glacimarine Environments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
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    2. Subglacial Features

      1. Overview
        • Alan K. Cooper, Paul R. Carlson, Erk Reimnitz
        Pages 34-35
      2. A Glacial Trough Eroded in Layered Sediments in a Norwegian Fjord
        • Dag Ottesen
        Pages 36-37
      3. Structures in Scoresby Sund, East Greenland
        • Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben
        Pages 38-39
      4. Glacially Overdeepened Troughs and Ice Retreat ‘Till Tongue’ Deposits in Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, Canada
        • Heiner Josenhans
        Pages 40-41
      5. Glacial Erosion of Sediments in the Ålfjord, western Norway
        • Inge Aarseth
        Pages 42-42
      6. Glacial Unconformities on the Antarctic Continental Margin, an Example from the Antarctic Peninsula
        • Philip J. Bart, John B. Anderson
        Pages 43-45
      7. Glacial Sole markings on Bedrock and Till in Hudson Bay, Canada
        • Heiner Josenhans
        Pages 46-47
      8. Drumlins in Lake Ontario
        • C. F. Michael Lewis, Larry A. Mayer, Gordon D. M. Cameron, Brian J. Todd
        Pages 48-49
      9. A Seabed Drumlin Field on the Inner Scotian Shelf, Canada
        • Gordon B. J. Fader, Rudolph R. Stea, R. C. Courtney
        Pages 50-51
      10. Drumlin Field on the Ross Sea Continental Shelf, Antarctica
        • Stephanie Shipp, John B. Anderson
        Pages 52-53
      11. Lineations on the Ross Sea Continental Shelf, Antarctica
        • Stephanie Shipp, John B. Anderson
        Pages 54-55
      12. Submarine Glacial Flutes and DeGeer Moraines
        • Anders Solheim, Anders Elverhøi
        Pages 56-57
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About this book

Late Cenozoic glaciation directly affected sedimentation on more than half the Earth's continental shelves. Ice continues to be a dominant influence on sedimentation around Greenland and Antarctica, and on the shelves facing the Arctic Ocean. The features of these shelves include true glacimarine features, i.e. those found in a marine environment in proximityto, or strongly under the influence of, ice, such as iceberg scours and pits, ice gouges and incisions, subglacial outwash deposits, and diamictons resulting from ice rafting. Also seen, because large areas of the shelves were exposed during the Pleistocene lowering of sea level, are terrestrial glacial and periglacial features, e.g. fluvial outwash valleys and associated deposits, tunnel valleys, drumlin fields and lodgement till, which have subsequently been submerged and modified by marine influences.
Glaciated Continental Margins: An Atlas of Acoustic Images illustrates the complexity of features found in glaciated and formerly glaciated marine environments. The volume was assembled by an international Editorial Committee, led by Thomas A. Davies (University of Texas), from records gathered in the course of recent research and contributed by members of the scientific community from around the world. These include seismic sections, side-scan maps, and 3-D seismic data, supplemented in some cases by bottom photographs and core data, with accompanying text. The work is scientists at 40 institutions in 10 countries is represented.
This book will be an invaluable resource for students, Quaternary scientists, glaciologists, marine geologists and geophysicists, geotechnical engineers, and surveyors teachers working in universities, research institutions and government agencies with interests in polar and subpolar regions, as well as those in industries with offshore interests.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austria, Austin, USA

    Thomas A. Davies

  • Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada

    Trevor Bell

  • Marine and Coastal Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, USA

    Alan K. Cooper

  • Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Heiner Josenhans

  • Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, USA

    Leonid Polyak

  • Norwegian Polar Institute, Oslo, Norway

    Anders Solheim

  • Murchison House, British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

    Martyn S. Stoker

  • Dept. of Geology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA

    Jay A. Stravers

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Glaciated Continental Margins

  • Book Subtitle: An Atlas of Acoustic Images

  • Editors: Thomas A. Davies, Trevor Bell, Alan K. Cooper, Heiner Josenhans, Leonid Polyak, Anders Solheim, Martyn S. Stoker, … Jay A. Stravers

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5820-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-79340-0Due: 31 October 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5820-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 315

  • Number of Illustrations: 326 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geomorphology, Hydrogeology, Sedimentology, Geophysics/Geodesy

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