<p>The mechanism for the formation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamburtsev_Mountain_Range" rel="nofollow">Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains</a> in East Antarctica seems to be a combination of old volcanism and Cretaceous rifting (<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10566" rel="nofollow">Ferraccioli et al., 2011</a>). While the modeling results seem to match the available geophysical observations, have there been any dating studies that looked at age through the analysis of rock samples?</p>

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What is the age of the Gamburtsev Mountains?
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# What is the age of the Gamburtsev Mountains?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-06)

The mechanism for the formation of the [Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamburtsev_Mountain_Range) in East Antarctica seems to be a combination of old volcanism and Cretaceous rifting ([Ferraccioli et al., 2011](http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10566)). While the modeling results seem to match the available geophysical observations, have there been any dating studies that looked at age through the analysis of rock samples?

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