Basal Temperatures in Polar Ice Sheets: A Qualitative Review
In recent years glacial geologists have become increasingly interested in the thermal regime at the bases of polar ice sheets, and have attempted to interpret certain Pleistocene glacial features in terms of this thermal regime. This effort has suffered from a lack of a reasonably comprehensive but...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1016/0033-5894(77)90011-4 2024-06-16T07:40:46+00:00 Basal Temperatures in Polar Ice Sheets: A Qualitative Review Hooke, Roger LeB. 1977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(77)90011-4 http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589477900114?httpAccept=text/xml http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589477900114?httpAccept=text/plain https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400031719 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Quaternary Research volume 7, issue 1, page 1-13 ISSN 0033-5894 1096-0287 journal-article 1977 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(77)90011-4 2024-05-22T12:53:45Z In recent years glacial geologists have become increasingly interested in the thermal regime at the bases of polar ice sheets, and have attempted to interpret certain Pleistocene glacial features in terms of this thermal regime. This effort has suffered from a lack of a reasonably comprehensive but qualitative review of factors controlling the temperature at the base of a polar glacier; this paper attempts to fill this void. Using the Laurentide Ice Sheet as an example, it is shown that under cold climatic conditions basal melting is likely to occur only beneath the lower part of the ablation area. If the climate is somewhat warmer, or if the accumulation rate is sufficiently low, basal melting may also occur beneath the accumulation area. The zone of greatest basal melt-water production is probably beneath the lower part of the ablation area. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Cambridge University Press Quaternary Research 7 1 1 13 |
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In recent years glacial geologists have become increasingly interested in the thermal regime at the bases of polar ice sheets, and have attempted to interpret certain Pleistocene glacial features in terms of this thermal regime. This effort has suffered from a lack of a reasonably comprehensive but qualitative review of factors controlling the temperature at the base of a polar glacier; this paper attempts to fill this void. Using the Laurentide Ice Sheet as an example, it is shown that under cold climatic conditions basal melting is likely to occur only beneath the lower part of the ablation area. If the climate is somewhat warmer, or if the accumulation rate is sufficiently low, basal melting may also occur beneath the accumulation area. The zone of greatest basal melt-water production is probably beneath the lower part of the ablation area. |
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Basal Temperatures in Polar Ice Sheets: A Qualitative Review |
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Basal Temperatures in Polar Ice Sheets: A Qualitative Review |
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