Tag Archive for 'East Antarctica'

Fault-controlled basins and interpreted structural frame in the newly-identified East Antarctic Fan-Shaped Basin Province. Image credit: Armadillo et al., doi: 10.1038/s41561-026-01991-6.

Geoscientists Find Vast Fan-Shaped Structure beneath Antarctica’s Ice

Jun 8, 2026 by News Staff

By combining seismic, gravity and topographic data, a team of researchers from Italy, Switzerland, Germany and the United Kingdom found that several well-known...

Ancient ice from the ALHIC1902 ice core. Image credit: Shackleton et al., doi: 10.1073/pnas.2502681122.

6-Million-Year-Old Ice Found in Antarctica

Oct 28, 2025 by News Staff

Researchers have discovered 6-million-year-old-ice and air in shallow ice cores drilled in the Allan Hills region of East Antarctica. They speculate that...