Crustal structure of the Gamburtsev Province, East Antarctica, from airborne geophysics

• Published in: SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2017
• Main Authors: Wu, Guochao, Ferraccioli, Fausto, Seddon, Samuel, Tian, Gang, Finn, Carol A., Bangbing, Wang, Bell, Robin E.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Society of Exploration Geophysicists 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctica; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; South Pole; Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; South pole
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517679/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517679/1/Wu.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2017-17744484.1

The Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains are completely buried by the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and hence are one of the most enigmatic tectonic features on Earth. The mountain range is underlain by 50-60 km thick crust and seismically fast Precambrian lithosphere, which is over 200 km thick. Here we pres...