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  • Paleogeography
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  • Antarctic bed topography is crucial for understanding ice sheet dynamics and glacial history.
  • Limited knowledge exists on pre-glacial landscape evolution and its influence on ice sheet behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the pre-glacial landscape and its impact on Antarctic ice sheet evolution.
  • To reveal the processes that shaped the Antarctic topography before glaciation.

Main Methods:

  • Radio-echo sounding was used to map subglacial topography.
  • Isostatic adjustment was applied to determine pre-glacial landform elevations.

Main Results:

  • Extensive flat surfaces, identified as remnants of a coastal plain formed by fluvial erosion, were revealed beneath the East Antarctic ice margin.
  • These surfaces date from between the separation of East Antarctica from Australia (100–80 Ma) and the onset of glaciation (34 Ma).
  • Preservation of these surfaces indicates limited selective erosion, with ice flow channeled through inherited structures and valleys, forming overdeepened troughs.

Conclusions:

  • The pre-glacial landscape, shaped by fluvial erosion, significantly modulates the East Antarctic ice sheet's response to climate change.
  • Inherited topography, rather than uniform erosion, directs ice flow and influences glacial dynamics.