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@article{Maritati:2016:10.1002/2016GL071063,
author = {Maritati, A and Aitken, ARA and Young, DA and Roberts, JL and Blankenship, DD and Siegert, MJ},
doi = {10.1002/2016GL071063},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
pages = {10728--10737},
title = {The tectonic development and rrosion of the knox subglacial sedimentary basin, East Antarctica},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071063},
volume = {43},
year = {2016}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - Sedimentary basins beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) have immense potential to inform models of the tectonic evolution of East Antarctica and its ice-sheet. However, even basic characteristics such as thickness and extent are often unknown. Using airborne geophysical data, we resolve the tectonic architecture of the Knox Subglacial Sedimentary Basin in western Wilkes Land. In addition, we apply an erosion restoration model to reconstruct the original basin geometry for which we resolve geometry typical of a transtensional pull-apart basin. The tectonic architecture strongly indicates formation as a consequence of the rifting of India from East Gondwana from ca. 160-130 Ma, and we suggest a spatial link with the western Mentelle Basin offshore Western Australia. The erosion restoration model shows that erosion is confined within the rift margins, suggesting that rift structure has strongly influenced the evolution of the Denman and Scott ice streams.
AU - Maritati,A
AU - Aitken,ARA
AU - Young,DA
AU - Roberts,JL
AU - Blankenship,DD
AU - Siegert,MJ
DO - 10.1002/2016GL071063
EP - 10737
PY - 2016///
SN - 1944-8007
SP - 10728
TI - The tectonic development and rrosion of the knox subglacial sedimentary basin, East Antarctica
T2 - Geophysical Research Letters
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071063
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/41638
VL - 43
ER -
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