Extremely low long‐term erosion rates around the Gamburtsev Mountains in interior East Antarctica

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Cox, S. E., Thomson, S. N., Reiners, P. W., Hemming, S. R., van de Flierdt, T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2010
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains; Prydz Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/21429/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/21429/1/Cox2010p12239Geophys_Res_Lett.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/21429/2/2010gl045106-ts01.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/21429/3/2010gl045106-ts02.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/21429/4/2010gl045106-txts01.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/21429/5/2010gl045106-txts02.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20101220-100635447

The high elevation and rugged relief (>3 km) of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains (GSM) have long been considered enigmatic. Orogenesis normally occurs near plate boundaries, not cratonic interiors, and large‐scale tectonic activity last occurred in East Antarctica during the Pan‐African (480–6...