Antarctic geothermal heat flow and its implications for tectonics and ice sheets

• Published in: Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
• Main Authors: Reading, AM, Staal, T, Halpin, JA, Losing, M, Ebbing, J, Shen, W, McCormack, FS, Siddoway, CS, Hasterok, D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2022
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geophysics; Geophysics not elsewhere classified; Antarctic; East Antarctica; West Antarctica; Thwaites Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00348-y; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/154143

Geothermal heat flow (GHF) is an elusive physical property, yet it can reveal past and present plate tectonic processes. In Antarctica, GHF has further consequences in predicting the response of ice sheets to climate change. In this Review, we discuss variations in Antarctic GHF models based on geop...