Detrital apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He evidence for early formation and slow erosion of the Gamburtsev Mountains, East Antarctica

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• Language: English
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains; Prydz Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.539.851; http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/ea/of2007-1047ea193.pdf

Summary The enigmatic Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in East Antarctica are important as the postulated source point for Eocene glaciation, but have not been sampled directly because they are covered by 0.6-4 km of ice. Topography and ice flow suggest that they shed terrigenous sediment to the Lamb...