Basal freeze-on generates complex ice-sheet stratigraphy
Subsurface ice-sheet radar images reveal large plume-shaped bodies rising from the base, with their origin not yet understood. Here, the authors show that freeze-on of water at the ice-sheet base combined with ice-flux explains the vertical extent, shape and structure of the observed plumes.
| Published in: | Nature Communications |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2018
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07083-3 https://doaj.org/article/081a432ee7094aacbe3a4f59255268ad |
| Summary: | Subsurface ice-sheet radar images reveal large plume-shaped bodies rising from the base, with their origin not yet understood. Here, the authors show that freeze-on of water at the ice-sheet base combined with ice-flux explains the vertical extent, shape and structure of the observed plumes. |
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