Imaging bedrock topography and geological controls on ice streams flowing in the Wilkes Subglacial Basin sector of East Antarctica

• Main Authors: F Ferraccioli, E. Armadillo, A. Ghirotto, D. Young, D. Blankenship, M. Siegert
• Other Authors: Ferraccioli, F, Armadillo, E., Ghirotto, A., Young, D., Blankenship, D., Siegert, M.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Victoria Land; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Rennick; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11567/1024406

The northern Wilkes Subglacial Basin (NWSB) in East Antarctica underlies the catchments of the Matusevich, Cook, Ninnis and Mertz Glaciers, which are largely marine-based and hence particularly sensitive to past and future ocean and climate warming. Here we use airborne radar, aeromagnetic and airbo...