Lithospheric structure across the Transantarctic Mountains constrained by an analysis of gravity and thermal structure
Abstract The Transantarctic Mountains demarcate the boundary between the highly extended lithosphere of the West Antarctic Rift System and the Proterozoic East Antarctic Craton. Although the last stage of relief development was in the Eocene, the TAM retain peak elevations in excess of 4500 m. This...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.486.1996 2023-05-15T13:46:37+02:00 Lithospheric structure across the Transantarctic Mountains constrained by an analysis of gravity and thermal structure Audrey D. Huerta The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.486.1996 http://www.geology.cwu.edu/facstaff/huerta/HuertaUSGS2007Gravity.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.486.1996 http://www.geology.cwu.edu/facstaff/huerta/HuertaUSGS2007Gravity.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.geology.cwu.edu/facstaff/huerta/HuertaUSGS2007Gravity.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T08:12:14Z Abstract The Transantarctic Mountains demarcate the boundary between the highly extended lithosphere of the West Antarctic Rift System and the Proterozoic East Antarctic Craton. Although the last stage of relief development was in the Eocene, the TAM retain peak elevations in excess of 4500 m. This combination of old age and high relief are difficult to reconcile, and the mechanism(s) responsible for uplift and support of this mountain range remain elusive and controversial. Recent seismic studies provide key constraints on the crustal structure. Here we constrain the lithospheric structure across this boundary by forward modeling of the gravity based on a density structure that reflects the thermal structure. Our results show that the observed very-long wavelength (>500km) gravity anomaly can be modeled by a West Antarctic lithosphere ~60 km thick, and an East Antarctic lithosphere ~250 km thick. In addition, the gravity anomaly associated with the TAM can be modeled by including the thermal effects of heat producing elements concentrated in the crust. Citation: A. D. Huerta (2007), Lithospheric structure across the Transantarctic Mountains constrained by an analysis of gravity and thermal structure Text Antarc* Antarctic Unknown Antarctic Transantarctic Mountains |
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Abstract The Transantarctic Mountains demarcate the boundary between the highly extended lithosphere of the West Antarctic Rift System and the Proterozoic East Antarctic Craton. Although the last stage of relief development was in the Eocene, the TAM retain peak elevations in excess of 4500 m. This combination of old age and high relief are difficult to reconcile, and the mechanism(s) responsible for uplift and support of this mountain range remain elusive and controversial. Recent seismic studies provide key constraints on the crustal structure. Here we constrain the lithospheric structure across this boundary by forward modeling of the gravity based on a density structure that reflects the thermal structure. Our results show that the observed very-long wavelength (>500km) gravity anomaly can be modeled by a West Antarctic lithosphere ~60 km thick, and an East Antarctic lithosphere ~250 km thick. In addition, the gravity anomaly associated with the TAM can be modeled by including the thermal effects of heat producing elements concentrated in the crust. Citation: A. D. Huerta (2007), Lithospheric structure across the Transantarctic Mountains constrained by an analysis of gravity and thermal structure |
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