Ice Flow Direction Change in Interior West Antarctica

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Siegert, Martin J., Welch, Brian, Morse, David, Vieli, Andreas, Blankenship, Donald D., Joughin, Ian, King, Edward C., Vieli, Gwendolyn J.-M. C. Leysinger, Payne, Antony J., Jacobel, Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2004
• Subjects: Byrd; Byrd Station; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1101072; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1101072

Upstream of Byrd Station (West Antarctica), ice-penetrating radar data reveal a distinctive fold structure within the ice, in which isochronous layers are unusually deep. The fold has an axis more than 50 kilometers long, which is aligned up to 45° to the ice flow direction. Although explanations fo...