Basal characteristics of the main sticky spot on the ice plain of Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Luthra, Tarun, Anandakrishnan, Sridhar, Winberry, J. Paul, Alley, Richard B., Holschuh, Nicholas
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks@CWU 2016
• Subjects: West Antarctic Ice Sheet; geophysics; glaciology; Whillans Ice Stream; sticky spot; reflection seismology; Geophysics and Seismology; Antarctic; Whillans; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/geological_sciences/101; https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1101&context=geological_sciences

Understanding the processes that affect streaming ice flow and the mass balance of glaciers and ice sheets requires sound knowledge of their subglacial environments. Previous studies have shown that an extensive deformable subglacial sediment layer favors fast ice-stream flow. However, areas of high...