An extensive subglacial lake and canyon system in Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica.

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Jamieson, S.S.R., Ross, N., Greenbaum, J.S., Young, D.A., Aitken, A.R.A., Roberts, J.L., Blankenship, D.D., Sun, B., Siegert, M.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of America 2016
• Subjects: Deep Water Lake; East Antarctica; Princess Elizabeth Land; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; West Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/17224/; http://dro.dur.ac.uk/17224/1/17224.pdf; http://dro.dur.ac.uk/17224/2/17224P.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1130/G37220.1

The subglacial landscape of Princess Elizabeth Land (PEL) in East Antarctica is poorly known due to a paucity of ice thickness measurements. This is problematic given its importance for understanding ice sheet dynamics and landscape and climate evolution. To address this issue, we describe the topog...