Longitudinal surface structures (flowstripes) on Antarctic glaciers

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Glasser, N. F., Gudmundsson, G. H.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Filchner Ice Shelf; Lambert Glacier; Recovery Glacier; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-383-2012; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/6/383/2012/

Longitudinal surface structures ("flowstripes") are common on many glaciers but their origin and significance are poorly understood. In this paper we present observations of the development of these longitudinal structures from four different Antarctic glacier systems; the Lambert Glacier/...