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

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 323-335

  Shepherd, T ^a   Bamber, J L ^a   Ferraccioli, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetics; East Antarctica; Radio echo sounding; Slessor Glacier; Subglacial sediments

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC DATA; AIRBORNE RADIO ECHO SOUNDING; SLESSOR GLACIER; SUBGLACIAL GEOLOGY; SUBGLACIAL SEDIMENTS;

ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GLACIER; RADAR;

ANTARCTICA; COATS LAND; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33645508530     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.068     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. R.E. Bell D.D. Blankenship C.A. Finn D.L. Morse T.A. Scambos J.M. Brozena S.M. Hodge Influence of subglacial geology on the onset of a West Antarctic ice stream from aerogeophysical observations Nature 394 6688 1998 58-62
2. D.M. Rippin J.L. Bamber M.J. Seigert D.G. Vaughan H.F.J. Corr Basal topography and ice flow in the Bailey/Slessor region of East Antarctica J. Geophys. Res. 108 F1 2003
3. M. Studinger R.E. Bell D.D. Blankenship C.A. Finn R.A. Arko D.L. Morse I. Joughin Subglacial sediments: A regional geological template for ice flow in West Antarctica Geophys. Res. Lett. 28 18 2001 3493-3496
4. F. Ferraccioli M. Gambetta E. Bozzo Microlevelling procedures applied to regional aeromagnetic data: An example from the Transantarctic Mountains (Antarctica) Geophys. Prospect. 46 2 1998 177-196
5. I. Joughin L. Padman Melting and freezing beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica Geophys. Res. Lett. 30 9 2003 (art. no.-1477)
6. I. Joughin J.L. Bamber Thickening of the ice stream catchments feeding the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica Geophys. Res. Lett. 32 2005 L17503 10.1029/2005GL023844
7. J.L. Bamber D.G. Vaughan I. Joughin Widespread complex flow in the interior of the Antarctic ice sheet Science 287 5456 2000 1248-1250
8. A.B. Reid J.M. Allsop H. Granser A.J. Millett I.W. Somerton Magnetic interpretation in 3 dimensions using Euler deconvolution Geophysics 55 1 1990 80-91
9. L.L. Nettleton Gravity and Magnetics in Oil Prospecting 1976 McGraw-Hill
10. R.J. Blakely Potential Theory in Gravity and Magnetic Applications 1995 Cambridge University Press
11. M. Pilkington J.B. Thurston Draping corrections for aeromagnetic data: line- versus grid-based approaches Explor. Geophys. 32 2001 95-101
12. R. Henderson On the validity of the use of upward continuation integral for total magnetic intensity data Geophysics 35 5 1970 916-919
13. C.C. Ku J.A. Sharp Werner deconvolution for automated magnetic interpretation and its refinement using Marquardt inverse modeling Geophysics 48 6 1983 754-774
14. M. Studinger R.E. Bell W.R. Buck G.D. Karner D.D. Blankenship Sub-ice geology inland of the Transantarctic Mountains in light of new aerogeophysical data Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 220 3-4 2004 391-408
15. F. Alrawi M. Brooks A deep crustal model to explain regional aeromagnetic and gravity-anomalies in southwest England Tectonophysics 212 1-2 1992 109-115
16. E. Bozzo A. Meloni Geomagnetic anomaly maps of central Victoria Land (East Antarctica) from ground measurements Tectonophysics 212 1-2 1992 99-108
17. A. Spector F.S. Grant Statistical models for interpreting aeromagnetic data Geophysics 35 2 1970 293
18. M.B. Sergeyev U.F. Meyer A. Eckstaller V.M. Mikhailov The geological nature of the Haskard-Fuchs magnetic anomaly and identification of highly-magnetic rock units in the Shackleton Range, Antarctica Terra Antartica 6 3 1999 327-336
19. R.S. Carmichael Practical Handbook of Physical Properties of Rocks and Minerals 1990 CRC Press
20. A.V. Golynski N.D. Aleshkova Regional magnetic anomalies of the Weddell Sea region and their geological significance Polarforforschung 67 3 2000 101-117
21. A.V. Golynski T. Morris L.C. Kovacs J.K. Ferris A new magnetic map of the Weddell Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula Tectonophysics 347 2002 3-11
22. S. Tessensohn M.R.A. Thomson The Euroshack project: A brief outline Terra Antartica 6 3 1999 175-182
23. W. Buggisch G. Kleinshmidt New evidence for nappe tectonics in the Southern Shackleton Range, Antarctica Terra Antartica 6 3 1999 203-210
24. S. Tessensohn G. Kleinschmidt W. Buggisch Permo-carboniferous glacial beds in the Shackleton Range Terra Antartica 6 3 1999 337-344
25. M.B. Sergeyev Magnetic properties of rocks from the south eastern part of the Weddell Sea region, Antarctica Polarforforschung 67 3 2000 119-124
26. F. Ferraccioli E. Bozzo Inherited crustal features and tectonic blocks of the Transantarctic Mountains: An aeromagnetic perspective (Victoria Land, Antarctica) J. Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth 104 B11 1990 25297-25319
27. F. Ferraccioli F. Coren E. Bozzo C. Zanolla S. Gandolfi I. Tabacco M. Frezzotti Rifted(?) crust at the East Antarctic Craton margin: Gravity and magnetic interpretation along a traverse across the Wilkes subglacial basin region Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 192 3 2001 407-421
28. D. Blankenship R.E. Bell S.M. Hodge J.M. Brozena J.C. Behrendt C.A. Finn Active volcanism beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet and implications for ice-sheet stability Nature 361 1993 526-529
29. J.C. Behrendt R. Saltus D. Damaske A. McCafferty C.A. Finn D. Blankenship R.E. Bell Patterns of late Cenozoic volcanic and tectonic activity in the West Antarctic rift system revealed by aeromagnetic surveys Tectonics 15 3 1996 660-676
30. J. Behrendt Crustal and lithospheric structure of the West Antarctic Rift System from geophysical investigations - a review Glob. Planet. Change 23 1999 25-44
31. T.J. Hughes Ice Sheets 1998 Oxford University Press New York 343 pp.
32. G.S. Wilson J.A. Barron A.C. Ashworth R.A. Askin J.A. Carter M.G. Curren D.H. Dalhuisen E.I. Friedmann D.G. Fyodorov-Davidov D.A. Gilichinsky M.A. Harper D.M. Harwood J.F. Hiemstra T.R. Janecek K.J. Licht V.E. Ostroumov R.D. Powell E.M. Rivkina S.A. Rose A.P. Stroeven P. Stroeven J.J.M. van der Meer M.C. Wizevich The Mount Feather Diamicton of the Sirius Group: An accumulation of indicators of Neogene Antarctic glacial and climatic history Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 182 1-2 2002 117-131
33. M.J. Hambrey B. McKelvey Major Neogene fluctuations of the East Antarctic ice sheet: Stratigraphic evidence from the Lambert Glacier region Geology 28 10 2000 887-890
34. D.M. Rippin J.L. Bamber M.J. Seigert D.G. Vaughan H.F.J. Corr The role of ice thickness and bed properties on the dynamics of enhanced flow tributaries of Bailey Ice Stream and Slessor Glacier, East Antarctica Ann. Glaciol. 39 2004 366-372
35. D.G. Vaughan J.L. Bamber M. Giovinetto J. Russell A.P.R. Cooper Reassessment of net surface mass balance in Antarctica J. Climate 12 4 1999 933-946
36. K.C. Jezek H.G. Sohn K.F. Noltimier The radarsat Antarctic mapping project Stein Ti 1998 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 98) on Sensing and Managing the Environment, SEATTLE, WA, 6-10 Jul 1998 1998 I E E E Service Center 445 Hoes Lane, PO Box 1331, Piscataway, Nj 08855-1331 2462-2464