Geophysical perspectives of subglacial settings and their influence on glacial dynamics

• Main Author: Block, Adrienne
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Columbia University 2011
• Subjects: Geophysics; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Geomorphology; Antarctic; East Antarctica; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Greenland; Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8f47nbf; https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8F47NBF

The subglacial settings of glaciers and continental ice sheets serve as a fundamental, long term control on the dynamics of the ice but are also obscured by the great thickness of the ice. Integrated analysis of geophysical datasets is a fundamental tool for understanding a glacier's underpinni...