Inversion of Geothermal Heat Flux under the Ice Sheet of Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Lin Li, Xueyuan Tang, Jingxue Guo, Xiangbin Cui, Enzhao Xiao, Khalid Latif, Bo Sun, Qiao Zhang, Xiaosong Shi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: heat flux; Curie depth; aeromagnetic; subglacial geothermal; East Antarctica; Science; Q; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Princess Elizabeth Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13142760; https://doaj.org/article/8f408049fc9f42378161efff040f9b29

Antarctic geothermal heat flux is a basic input variable for ice sheet dynamics simulation. It greatly affects the temperature and mechanical properties at the bottom of the ice sheet, influencing sliding, melting, and internal deformation. Due to the fact that the Antarctica is covered by a thick i...