Characteristics of Ice Flow in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Author: Rose, K. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1979
• Subjects: Byrd; Byrd Station; Marie Byrd Land; Ross Ice Shelf; Transantarctic Mountains; West Antarctica; Whitmore Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Stream D; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000014659; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000014659

Abstract Extensive radio echo-sounding has mapped the part of West Antarctica between Byrd Station, the Whitmore Mountains, the Transantarctic Mountains, and the Ross Ice Shelf. The ice sheet in this area is dominated by five major sub-parallel ice streams (A–E), which are up to 100 km wide and exte...