Ice-stream stability on a reverse bed slope

• Main Authors: Stewart S. R. Jamieson, Andreas Vieli, Stephen J. Livingstone, Colm Ó Cofaigh, Chris Stokes, Claus-dieter Hillenbr, Julian A. Dowdeswell
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; Greenland; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.400.7568; http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/pdfs/Jamieson_NatGeo_2012.pdf

Marine-based ice streams whose beds deepen inland are thought to be inherently unstable1–3. This instability is of particular concern because significant portions of the marinebased West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are losing mass and their retreat could contribute significantly to future sea...