Aeromagnetic exploration over the East Antarctic Ice Sheet: a new view of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: F. FERRACCIOLI, T. JORDAN, H. CORR, ARMADILLO, EGIDIO, BOZZO, EMANUELE
• Other Authors: F., Ferraccioli, Armadillo, Egidio, T., Jordan, Bozzo, Emanuele, H., Corr
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV:PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands:011 31 20 4853757, 011 31 20 4853642, 011 31 20 4853641, EMAIL: [e-mail], INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.nl, Fax: [phone] 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Ross Sea; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Transantarctic Mountains; Priestley; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11567/226690; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2009.03.013

The Wilkes Subglacial Basin represents an approximately 1400 km-long and up to 600 km wide subglacial depression, buried beneath the over 3 km-thick East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Contrasting models, including rift models and flexural models, have been previously put forward to explain the tectonic origi...