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Dynamic behaviour of rutford ice stream [PDF]

Annals of Glaciology, 1982
The grounding-line region of Rutford Ice Stream was surveyed from the ground during 1978–79 and 1979–80, and from the air in 1980–81. Maps of surface elevation and ice thickness of an area of 1 000 km2allow the grounding line to be delineated and show that the ice stream consists of several distinct fingers of thick ice trending parallel to the flow ...
Stephenson, S.N, Doake, C.S.M
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Contrasting the modelled sensitivity of the Amundsen Sea Embayment ice streams

Journal of Glaciology, 2016
Present-day mass loss from the West Antarctic ice sheet is centred on the Amundsen Sea Embayment (ASE), primarily through ice streams, including Pine Island, Thwaites and Smith glaciers.
ISABEL J. NIAS, STEPHEN L. CORNFORD, ANTONY J. PAYNE   +2 more
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Diverse behaviors of marine ice sheets in response to temporal variability of the atmospheric and basal conditions

Journal of Glaciology
The observed retreat of the grounding line of the present-day ice sheets and the simulated grounding-line retreat of ice sheets under changing climate conditions are often interpreted as indications of marine ice-sheet instability (MISI), driven by a ...
Olga Sergienko, Duncan John Wingham
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Ice flow dynamics of the northwestern Laurentide Ice Sheet during the last deglaciation [PDF]

The Cryosphere
Reconstructions of palaeo-ice-stream activity provide insight into the processes governing ice stream evolution over millennial timescales. The northwestern sector of the Laurentide Ice Sheet experienced a period of rapid retreat driven by warming during
B. J. Stoker, H. E. Dulfer, H. E. Dulfer, C. R. Stokes, V. H. Brown, V. H. Brown, C. D. Clark, C. Ó Cofaigh, D. J. A. Evans, D. Froese, S. L. Norris, M. Margold   +11 more
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Ice-sheet surging and ice-stream formation [PDF]

Annals of Glaciology, 1996
A simplified model of ice-sheet behaviour is described. It combines the assumptions of rapid ice flow, high viscous activation energy and realistic sediment-based sliding dynamics to form a non-linear diffusion-type equation which can display relaxation oscillations analogous to those of surging glaciers, and which may be relevant to large-scale surges
A. C. Fowler, C. Johnson
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Ice flow in the northeast Greenland ice stream [PDF]

Annals of Glaciology, 2000
AbstractWe have measured ice flow and detailed topography in northeastern Greenland using satellite-based synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) interferometry. The subject of this study is the large ice stream that drains this quadrant of the ice sheet. A single SAR interferogram allows the measurement of one component of motion over a several-day-long ...
Joughin, IR, Fahnestock, M, Bamber, JL
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Interplay of grounding-line dynamics and sub-shelf melting during retreat of the Bjørnøyrenna Ice Stream

Scientific Reports, 2018
The Barents Sea Ice Sheet was a marine-based ice sheet, i.e., it rested on the Barents Sea floor during the Last Glacial Maximum (21 ky BP). The Bjørnøyrenna Ice Stream was the largest ice stream draining the Barents Sea Ice Sheet and is regarded as an ...
Michele Petrini, Florence Colleoni, Nina Kirchner, Anna L. C. Hughes, Angelo Camerlenghi, Michele Rebesco, Renata G. Lucchi, Emanuele Forte, Renato R. Colucci, Riko Noormets   +9 more
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Superimposition of ribbed moraines on a palaeo‐ice‐stream bed: implications for ice stream dynamics and shutdown [PDF]

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2008
AbstractThe sediments and landforms preserved on palaeo‐ice‐stream beds can provide important information about their subglacial conditions and flow mechanisms, and the processes accompanying their shutdown. In this paper, detailed observations of an intriguing subglacial landform assemblage of ribbed moraines superimposed on glacial lineations on the ...
Stokes, C.R., Lian, O.B., Tulaczyk, S., Clark, C.D.   +3 more
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Ice streams in the Laurentide Ice Sheet: a new mapping inventory [PDF]

Journal of Maps, 2014
Rapidly flowing ice streams dominate the drainage of continental ice sheets and are a key component of their mass balance. Due to their potential impact on sea level, their activity in the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets has undergone detailed scrutiny in recent decades.
Margold, M., Stokes, C.R., Clark, C.D., Kleman, J.   +3 more
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Basal topographic controls on the stability of the West Antarctic ice sheet: lessons from Foundation Ice Stream

Annals of Glaciology, 2017
Using observations of basal topography, ice thickness and modern accumulation rates, we use theory and a dynamic flowline model to examine the sensitivity of Antarctica's Foundation Ice Stream to changes in sea level, accumulation and buttressing at the ...
Kathleen Huybers, Gerard Roe, Howard Conway   +2 more
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