An extensive subglacial lake and canyon system in Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Jamieson, SSR, Ross, N, Greenbaum, JS, Young, DA, Aitken, ARA, Roberts, JL, Blankenship, DD, Bo, S, Siegert, MJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Soc America 2016
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Glaciology; Deep Water Lake; East Antarctica; Princess Elizabeth Land; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; West Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1130/G37220.1; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/110222

The subglacial landscape of Princess Elizabeth Land (PEL) in East Antarctica is poorly known due to a paucity of ice thickness measurements. This is problematic given its importance for understanding ice sheet dynamics and landscape and climate evolution. To address this issue, we describe the topog...