Seismo-stratigraphic analysis of the Wilkes Land continental margin (East Antarctica): influence of glacially driven processes on the Cenozoic deposition

2003 ◽  
Vol 50 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 1563-1594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura De Santis ◽  
Giuliano Brancolini ◽  
Federica Donda
Keyword(s):  
Continental Margin ◽  
East Antarctica ◽  
Stratigraphic Analysis ◽  
Wilkes Land

The Structure of the Continental Margin off Wilkes Land and Terre Adélie Coast, East Antarctica

Antarctica ◽  
2006 ◽  
pp. 327-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
James B. Colwell ◽  
Howard M. J. Stagg ◽  
Nicholas G. Direen ◽  
George Bernardel ◽  
Irina Borissova
Keyword(s):  
Continental Margin ◽  
East Antarctica ◽  
Wilkes Land ◽  
Terre Adélie

scholarly journals 50 years of ice-front changes between the Adélie and Banzare Coasts, East Antarctica

2002 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 235-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Frezzotti ◽  
Marco Polizzi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Satellite Images ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Regional Climate Change ◽  
East Antarctica ◽  
Sea Ice Extent ◽  
Wilkes Land ◽  
Fast Ice ◽  
Cyclical Behaviour ◽  
General Reduction

AbstractIce-front change may well be a sensitive indicator of regional climate change. We studied the coastal sector of Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, along the Adélie and Banzare Coasts, extending from Buchanan Bay (67°05’ S, 144°30’ E) to Porpoise Bay (67°S, 128°E). The glaciers in this area drain the northern part of Dome C (area 270 000 km2). A comparison of maps, photographs and satellite images, dated several years apart, led to an estimation of the fluctuations of 18 ice fronts over the 50 years 1947–97 .The area of the floating glaciers in 1963 was 3035 km2, and in 1989, 2785 km2. The main glaciers in the area are Zélée, Astrolabe, du Français, Commandant Charcot and Pourquoi Pas for the Adélie Coast, and Dibble, May, Sandford and Frost Glaciers for the Clarie and Banzare Coasts. Most of the floating glaciers have shown cyclical behaviour without a marked trend, but a general reduction since 1947. The reduction in the area of floating glaciers since the 1950s may be linked to changes in ice–ocean interaction, as noted for the floating glaciers of the George V Coast and the Cape Adare area, and sea-ice extent. The calving behaviour of the main glacier tongues is characterized by an accumulation of icebergs projecting from the coast to form iceberg tongues, held in place by grounding and joined together by annual or perennial fast ice.

Deep Crustal Structure of the Continental Margin off the Explora Escarpment and in the Lazarev Sea, East Antarctica

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 283-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilfried Jokat ◽  
Oliver Ritzmann ◽  
Christian Reichert ◽  
Karl Hinz
Keyword(s):  
Continental Margin ◽  
Crustal Structure ◽  
East Antarctica ◽  
Deep Crustal Structure

scholarly journals Recent high-resolution Antarctic ice velocity maps reveal increased mass loss in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Shen ◽  
Hansheng Wang ◽  
C. K. Shum ◽  
Liming Jiang ◽  
Hou Tse Hsu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Mass Loss ◽  
East Antarctica ◽  
Wilkes Land ◽  
Ice Velocity
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