Ice dynamics and mass balance in the grounding zone of outlet glaciers in the Transantarctic Mountains

• Main Author: Marsh, Oliver John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Canterbury. Gateway Antarctica 2013
• Subjects: Antarctica; grounding zone; satellite remote sensing; finite-element modelling; surface velocity; ice thickness; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Transantarctic Mountains; Beardmore; Beardmore Glacier; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.26021/7462; https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/8722

The Antarctic grounding zone has a disproportionately large effect on glacier dynamics and ice sheet stability relative to its size but remains poorly characterised across much of the continent. Accurate ice velocity and thickness information is needed in the grounding zone to determine glacier outf...