Subglacial water flow paths under Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

Abstract: This data set contains subglacial water flow paths beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, interpreted from ice thickness and bed elevation measurements collected between 7 December 2004 and 31 January 2005 by the Airborne Geophysical Survey of the Amundsen Embayment (AGASEA) expedition...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carter, Sasha P., Young, Duncan A., Blankenship, Donald D.
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2012
Subjects:
Airborne Radar
Antarctic Glaciology
AGASEA
Flow Paths
Bathymetry/Topography
Glaciology
Antarctica
Glaciers/Ice Sheet
Cryosphere
Thwaites Glacier
US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC)
Antarctic
West Antarctica
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/609518
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Summary:Abstract: This data set contains subglacial water flow paths beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, interpreted from ice thickness and bed elevation measurements collected between 7 December 2004 and 31 January 2005 by the Airborne Geophysical Survey of the Amundsen Embayment (AGASEA) expedition. Data consist of an ASCII text file with geographical coordinates, hydraulic head, and bed and surface elevations, and a corresponding .pdf map. Data are available via FTP.

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