Ablation on Taylor Glacier, Antarctica

Taylor Glacier, an outlet of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, flows through the Transantarctic Mountains and terminates in the Dry Valleys. Understanding how this glacier fluctuates is important for studies of glacial geology, paleoclimate, ice dynamics, and ecology. Sublimation is the primary mass-los...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bliss, Andrew Knisely
Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: eScholarship, University of California 2011
Subjects:
Meteorology
Geography
Climate Change
energy balance
glaciology
mass balance
sublimation
Taylor Glacier
Antarctic
East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Transantarctic Mountains
Windy Gully
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1x61202d
http://n2t.net/ark:/13030/m5wd44n8

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