Derived bedrock elevations, strain rates and stresses from measured surface elevations and velocities: Jakobshavns Isbræ, Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Fastook, James L., Brecher, Henry H., Hughes, Terence J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1995
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Greenland; Isfjord; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000017858; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000017858

Abstract Jakobshavns Isbræ (69 °10′ N, 49 °59′ W) drains about 6.5% of the Greenland ice sheet and is the fastest ice stream known. The Jakobshavns Isbræ basin of about 10 000 km 2 was mapped photogrammetrically from four sets of aerial photography, two taken in July 1985 and two in July 1986. Posit...