42 Annals of Glaciology 50(51) 2009 Flow dynamics of the Rutford Ice Stream ice-drainage basin

• Main Author: E. C. King
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: West Antarctica; Ronne Ice Shelf; Pine Island Glacier; Ellsworth Mountains; Rutford; Rutford Ice Stream; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Pine Island
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.430.437; http://www.igsoc.org/annals/50/51/a51a064.pdf

ABSTRACT. Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, drains a catchment of>45 000 km 2 into the Ronne Ice Shelf through a 26 km wide, 2.4 km deep subglacial trough adjacent to the Ellsworth Mountains. Fortytwo per cent of its catchment boundary is common with Pine Island Glacier, where rapid change to...