High geothermal heat flow beneath Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica inferred from aeromagnetic data

Ricarda Dziadek; Fausto Ferraccioli; Karsten Gohl

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00242-3

Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2021)

High geothermal heat flow beneath Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica inferred from aeromagnetic data

Ricarda Dziadek,
Fausto Ferraccioli,
Karsten Gohl

Affiliations

Ricarda Dziadek: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Fausto Ferraccioli: Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale
Karsten Gohl: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00242-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The Amundsen Sea sector, Antarctica, is underlain by shallow Curie depths – where the magnetic properties of rocks change – according to airborne magnetic data. This suggests high geothermal heat flow in this region of the West Antarctic Rift System.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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