A connection between interior grabens in the Wilkes Subglacial Basin and the continental shelf region of East Antarctica?

• Main Authors: Fausto Ferraccioli, Egidio Armadillo, Duncan Young, Jamin Greenbaum, Antonia Ruppel, Andreas Läufer, Donald Blankenship, Martin Siegert
• Other Authors: EGU, Ferraccioli, Fausto, Armadillo, Egidio, Young, Duncan, Greenbaum, Jamin, Ruppel, Antonia, Läufer, Andrea, Blankenship, Donald, Siegert, Martin
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Weddell Sea; East Antarctica; West Antarctica; Victoria Land; Transantarctic Mountains; Weddell; South Pole; George V Coast; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11567/893712

The Wilkes Subglacial Basin (WSB) is one of the most extensive tectonic elements in East Antarctica. It stretches for 1,400 km from the George V Coast towards South Pole and may link to the Pensacola-Pole Subglacial Basin further south, which in turn connects to the Jurassic Weddell Sea Rift. The or...