The Contact of the Ross Ice Shelf with the Continental Ice Sheet, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Thiel, Edward, Ostenso, Ned A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1961
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Ross Ice Shelf; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; Byrd Station; Little America; Little America V; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000027192; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000027192

Abstract A profile of ice thickness along the 647 mile trail from Little America V to Byrd Station has been obtained from altimetric, seismic, and gravity measurements, and detailed studies made at the junction of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Marie Byrd Land plateau. The surface elevation profile clea...