Giant sediment drifts on the continental rise west of the Antarctic Peninsula

Michele Rebesco1, Robert D Larter2, Angelo Camerlenghi3, Peter F. Barker2
1Istituto di Geologia, Università di Parma, Viale delle Scienze, 43100, Parma, Italy
2British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Cambridge, UK
3Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy

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