Continental shelf drift deposit indicate
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Peter T. Harris; Giuliano Brancolini; Leanne Armand; Martina Busetti; Robin J. B
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A late Quaternary, current-lain sediment drift deposit over 30 m in thickness has been discovered on the continental shelf of East Antarctica in an 850 m deep glacial trough off George Vth Land. Radiocarbon dating indicates that a period of rapid deposition on the drift (averaging 290 cm/kyr) occurr