TABLE OF CONTENTS 



I. INTRODUCTION 



A. Objectives of the Study 1 



B. Survey Techniques and Data Analysis 1 



II . BATHYMETRY OF EASTERN ROSS SEA AND SULZBERGER BAY . . 7 



A . Outer Shelf 7 



B. Inner Shelf , 7 



C . Shelf Depressions 7 



D . Shelf Ridges 9 



III . BOTTOM SEDIMENTS OF THE EASTERN ROSS SEA AND SULZBERGER 

 BAY 10 



A. Areal Geology and Glaciology 11 



B. Present Antarctic Marine Sediments 12 



C. Present Glaciation 13 



D . Prior Glaciation 14 



IV. DISCUSSION 15 



A. Outer Shelf 15 



1 . Eustatic, Isostatic, and Glacial History 15 



2 . Origin of the Outer Shelf - Summary and Conclusions ... 19 



B. Shelf Depressions and Inner Shelf 20 



1 . Transverse Depression 21 



2. Longitudinal Depressions and the Inner Shelf 22 



C. Longitudinal Ridges 24 



D . Transverse Ridges 25 



1 . North-South Transverse Ridge 26 



2 . East-West Transverse Ridge 28 



V. CONCLUSIONS 29 



VI. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 30 



REFERENCES 31 



