Ice-thickness Patterns and the Dynamics of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Bentley, Charles R., Glough, John W., Jezek, Kenneth C., Shabtaie, Sion
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1979
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Antarctic; Ross Ice Shelf; Robb Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000014805; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000014805

Abstract As part of the Ross Ice Shelf Geophysical and Glaciological Survey, a detailed map of ice thickness has been produced from airborne radar measurements closely tied to the network of survey stations on the ice-shelf surface. The map, drawn with a 20 m contour interval, reveals a highly compl...