Tectonic Implications for the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, East Antarctica, from Airborne Gravity and Magnetic Data

Wu, Guochao; Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9347-4736; Zhou, Wenna; Yuan, Yuan; Gao, Jinyao; Tian, Gang. 2023 Tectonic Implications for the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, East Antarctica, from Airborne Gravity and Magnetic Data [in special issue: The Cryosphere Observations Based on Using Remote Sensing Techniques II] Remote Sensing, 15 (2), 306. 20, pp. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15020306

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Abstract/Summary

The Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains (GSMs) in interior East Antarctic Craton are entirely buried under the massive ice sheet, with a ~50–60 km thick crust and ~200 km thick lithosphere, but little is known of the crustal structure and uplift mechanism. Here, we use airborne gravity and aeromagnetic anomalies for characteristic analysis and inverse calculations. The gravity and magnetic images show three distinct geophysical domains. Based on the gravity anomalies, a dense lower crustal root is inferred to underlie the GSMs, which may have been formed by underplating during the continental collision of Antarctica and India. The high frequency linear magnetic characteristics parallel to the suture zone suggest that the upper crustal architecture is dominated by thrusts, consisting of a large transpressional fault system with a trailing contractional imbricate fan. A 2D model along the seismic profile is created to investigate the crustal architecture of the GSMs with the aid of depth to magnetic source estimates. Combined with the calculated crustal geometry and physical properties and the geological background of East Antarctica, a new evolutionary model is proposed, suggesting that the GSMs have been a part of the Pan-African advancing accretionary orogen superimposed on the Precambrian basement.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15020306
ISSN:	2072-4292
Additional Keywords:	Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains; gravity and magnetic; crustal architecture; accretionary orogen
Date made live:	06 Jan 2023 15:38 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533835

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15020306

ISSN:

2072-4292

Additional Keywords:

Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains; gravity and magnetic; crustal architecture; accretionary orogen

Date made live:

06 Jan 2023 15:38 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533835