Ice stream or not? Radio-echo sounding of Carlson Inlet, West Antarctica
The Antarctic Ice Sheet loses mass to the surrounding ocean mainly by drainage through a network of ice streams: fast-flowing glaciers bounded on either side by ice flowing one or two orders of magnitude more slowly. Ice streams flow despite low driving stress because of low basal resistance but are...
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| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2011-10-01
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| Series: | The Cryosphere |
| Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/5/907/2011/tc-5-907-2011.pdf |