Origin(s) of Antarctica's Wilkes subglacial basin

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Weihaupt, J.G. (author), Van der Hoeven, F.G. (author), Lorius, C. (author), Chambers, F.B. (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2013
• Subjects: climate; continental ice sheet; lithosphere; subglacial topography; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Transantarctic Mountains; Victoria Land; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102013000746; http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:792517ed-f346-4cfc-853a-825f18185989

The Wilkes Subglacial Basin (WSB), the largest subglacial basin in East Antarctica, is a topographic depression of continental proportions that lies beneath the East Antarctic continental ice sheet. Discovered by the US Victoria Land Traverse 1959–60, the origin of the WSB and the influence of palae...