Scientists Discover Vast Hidden Structure Beneath Antarctica’s Ice

Scientists discover vast hidden structure beneath Antarctica’s ice

A giant fan-shaped network of hidden basins has been discovered beneath East Antarctica, revealing that several well-known subglacial features are actually part of one massive geological structure. The finding sheds new light on Antarctica’s ancient tectonic history and could help scientists better understand how the ice sheet behaves today.

In Antarctica, Scientists Just Discovered a Massive Hidden Structure Deep Below the Frozen Surface

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An international team of researchers including our Department of Geography has discovered a vast geological structure hidden beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Scientists found a continent-scale tectonic fan under East Antarctica that has been steering its glaciers for 150 million years

Beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, geophysicists have mapped a geological structure so large it covers roughly half the continent, and nobody had recognised it as a single feature until now. The structure is called the East Antarctic Fan-Shaped Basin Province, and its dimensions are difficult to hold in mind. It consists of 30 individual […] The post Scientists found a continent-scale tectonic fan under East Antarctica that has been steering …

A massive hidden formation found under East Antarctica

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Giant fan-shaped structure found under East Antarctica

An international team of researchers including our Department of Geography has discovered a vast geological structure hidden beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. The findings are published in the journal Nature Geoscience.