The Basal Sliding of a Thinning Ice Sheet, Mizuho Plateau, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Author: Mae, Shinji
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1979
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Mizuho; Mizuho Plateau; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000014647; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000014647

Abstract The Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition observed the thinning of the ice sheet, about 70 cm/year, in Mizuho Plateau. The thinning observed is analysed using an equation of mass continuity. The result of the analysis indicates that the thinning is predominantly caused by the basal sliding and the basal sliding velocity is about 10 m/year. This sliding velocity is compared with the basal sliding velocity obtained by the calculation of the velocity due to internal deformation of ice sheet.