Geological controls on bedrock topography and ice sheet dynamics in the Wilkes Subglacial Basin sector of East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Fausto Ferraccioli, Egidio Armadillo, Duncan Young, Donald Blankenship, Tom Jordan, Martin Siegert
• Other Authors: European Geosciences Union, Ferraccioli, Fausto, Armadillo, Egidio, Young, Duncan, Blankenship, Donald, Jordan, Tom, Siegert, Martin
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: European Geophysical Society 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctica; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Reeves; Priestley; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Rennick; Matusevich Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11567/893687

The Wilkes Subglacial Basin extends for 1,400 km into the interior of East Antarctica and hosts several major glaciers that drain a large sector of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. The deep northern Wilkes Subglacial Basin underlies the catchments of the Matusevich, Cook, Ninnis and Mertz Glaciers, whi...