Temperature profiles for the barnes ice cap surge zone

Abstract Thermal drilling and deep ice-temperature measurements along a flow line in a surge area of the Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada revealed a layer of basal temperate ice 30 m thick. Marginal areas were determined to be frozen to bedrock and geothermal heat flow estimated to be 1...

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Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Author: Classen, D. F.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1977
Subjects:
Earth-Surface Processes
Baffin Island
Canada
Barnes Ice Cap
Baffin
Ice cap
Journal of Glaciology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000021079
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000021079
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Summary:Abstract Thermal drilling and deep ice-temperature measurements along a flow line in a surge area of the Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada revealed a layer of basal temperate ice 30 m thick. Marginal areas were determined to be frozen to bedrock and geothermal heat flow estimated to be 1.02 μcal/cm 2 s (42 mW/m 2 ).

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