Under the ice sheet

11:57 AM Wed 29 Jun 2011 GMT

'The ICECAP team with the Basler aircraft used for the survey (Photo: Todor Iolovski)' Australian Antarctic Division ?

An international team has shed new light on what lies beneath a large slice of the East Antarctic ice sheet. The research reveals a vast, smooth and deep bedrock basin, reaching more than a kilometre below sea level, bordered by rugged mountain ranges which are cut by broad valleys. Interpreting this buried landscape has brought new insights into the early development of the Antarctic ice sheet. The research, by scientists including those from the Australian Antarctic Division and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACECRC), was published today in the journal Nature. This important scientific paper illuminates a ...

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