Bedrock platforms within the Ross Embayment, West Antarctica: Hypotheses for ice sheet history, wave erosion, Cenozoic extension, and thermal subsidence

• Main Authors: Douglas S. Wilson, Bruce P. Luyendyk
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Byrd; Edward VII Peninsula; Marie Byrd Land; Roosevelt Island; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Siple; Siple Coast; Siple Dome; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.506.4730; http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/faculty/luyendyk/Luyendyk_pdf/Wilson%26Luyendyk2006Gcubed.pdf

[1] Ice-penetrating radar (mostly airborne) and marine seismic surveys have revealed plateaus and terraces about 100–350 m below sea level beneath parts of the Ross Embayment, including the West Antarctic ice sheet, the Ross Ice Shelf, and the eastern Ross Sea. These surfaces cover many thousands of...