Subglacial conditions during and after stoppage of an Antarctic Ice Stream: Is reactivation imminent?

• Main Authors: Vogel, S. W., Tulaczyk, S., Kamb, B., Engelhardt, H., Carsey, F. D., Behar, A. E., Lane, A. L., Joughin, I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic; Kamb Ice Stream; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/21649/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/21649/1/Vogel2005p14502_Geophys_Res_Lett.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110107-142059992

Borehole observations from the base of the West-Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) reveal the presence of a 10 to 15 m thick accretionary basal ice layer in the upstream area of Kamb Ice Stream (KIS). This ice layer has formed over a time of several thousand years by freeze-on of subglacial water to the ice...