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Giant Fan-Shaped Geological Structure Discovered Beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Key Takeaways
- Giant fan-shaped structure discovered beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet.
- Connects several known basins, including Wilkes, Aurora, and Lake Vostok basin.
- Formed by distributed rotational extension during Gondwana breakup.
- Published in Nature Geoscience on June 3, 2026.
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