Analysing aeromagnetic, airborne gravity and radar data to unveil variable basal boundary conditions for the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Wilkes Subglacial Basin

• Main Authors: ARMADILLO, EGIDIO, BALBI, PIETRO, Ferraccioli, Fausto, Young, Duncan, Blankenship, Don, Jordan, Tom, Bozzo, Emanuele, Siegert, Martin
• Other Authors: Armadillo, Egidio, Balbi, Pietro
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Transantarctic Mountains; George V Land; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11567/856352

The Wilkes Subglacial Basin (WSB) extends for ca 1,400 km from George V Land into the interior of East Antarc- tica and hosts several major glaciers that drain a large sector of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS). The region is of major significance for assessing the long-term stability of the EAIS...