New insights into Quaternary glacial dynamic changes on the George V Land continental margin (East Antarctica)

The modern sedimentary environment of the deep margin is affected by turbiditic down-slope sediment transfer with a minor contribution from along-slope contour currents. The WEGA channel is currently affected by transport and settling of sediment through High-Salinity Shelf Water (HSSW), originating on the continental shelf. We infer that thermohaline circulation has contributed to sediment transport and deposition since the mid-Pleistocene.