Ice Stream C slowdown is not stabilizing West Antarctic Ice Sheet

• Main Authors: S Anandakrishnan, Rb Alley, Rw Jacobel, H Conway
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Antarctic; Ross Sea; West Antarctica; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Siple; Siple Dome; Siple Coast; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Stream B; Ice Stream C
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.366.9711; http://www.stolaf.edu/other/cegsic/publications/Anandakrishnan et al.pdf

Changes in the flow of ice stream C likely indicate a continuing slow drawdown of the Siple Coast of West Antarctica rather than a stabilizing feedback. The downglacier part of ice stream C, West Antarctica largely stagnated over the last few centuries, while upglacier regions continue to flow vigor...