Subglacial geology in Coats Land, East Antarctica, revealed by airborne magnetics and radar sounding

Shepherd, T.; Bamber, J.L.; Ferraccioli, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9347-4736. 2006 Subglacial geology in Coats Land, East Antarctica, revealed by airborne magnetics and radar sounding. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 244 (1-2). 323-335. 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.068

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Abstract/Summary

During the austral summer of 2001/02 five thousand line kilometres of airborne radio echo sounding and aeromagnetic data were collected in the region of three tributaries of Slessor Glacier, East Antarctica, which drains into the Filchner Ice Shelf. Basal topography and roughness estimates were obtained from the echo sounding data, which have been combined, here, with the subglacial geological units inferred from an analysis of the aeromagnetic data. This analysis included Euler and Werner deconvolution to determine the location and depth of sills, dykes and faults. In addition, we high-pass filtered the magnetic anomaly profiles to obtain information about the near surface subglacial geology. This revealed a prominent area of low magnetic susceptibility lying in a deep topographic basin underneath the northern tributary of Slessor Glacier. Forward and inverse magnetic models indicate that this area is likely underlain by a 3 km thick sedimentary basin. Ice flow modelling suggests that this sedimentary basin influences the ice dynamics in the tributary. These results have important implications for understanding the dynamics of this and other East Antarctic flow features that may be underlain by a weak sedimentary bed.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.068
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Antarctic Funding Initiative Projects
ISSN:	0012-821X
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Additional Keywords:	Aeromagnetic surveys ; Radio echo sounding ; Glaciers ; Flow
NORA Subject Terms:	Earth Sciences
Date made live:	31 Jul 2007 14:19 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/120

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.068

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Antarctic Funding Initiative Projects

ISSN:

0012-821X

Format Availability:

Electronic, Print

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Full text not available from this repository