Formation of ice eddies in subglacial mountain valleys

• Main Authors: Meyer, Colin R., Creyts, Timothy T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Geophysics; Eddies; Ice > Dynamics; Glacial landforms; Ice sheets; Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains; Greenland; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7916/D81J9PCG

Radar data from both Greenland and Antarctica show folds and other disruptions to the stratigraphy of the deep ice. The mechanisms by which stratigraphy deforms are related to the interplay between ice flow and topography. Here we show that when ice flows across valleys or overdeepenings, viscous ov...