"Submerged Shorelines" on Glaciated Continental Shelves: Solving the Puzzle?

Authors

  • M. G. Grosswald

Keywords:

Submarine terraces, ice shelves, grounding line, tidal pump, glacial erosion, marine ice sheet, glacioeustasy, sea level changes

Abstract

A hypothesis is proposed which has been based upon an analysis of physical processes operating at the grounding line of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It suggests that the submarine terrace- shaped benches of glaciated shelves were formed at the grounding lines of the Pleistocene marine ice sheets, well below the former sea levels. Consequently, present-day depths of the benches cannot indicate the sea levels of the past.

Author Biography

M. G. Grosswald

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Published

1989-01-08

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (1989): Journal of Coastal Research

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