The role of subtemperate slip in thermally driven ice stream margin migration

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: M. Haseloff, C. Schoof, O. Gagliardini
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; West Antarctica; Siple; Siple Coast; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2545-2018; https://doaj.org/article/22cacc8632b94545a2d588acd8ee2894

The amount of ice discharged by an ice stream depends on its width, and the widths of unconfined ice streams such as the Siple Coast ice streams in West Antarctica have been observed to evolve on decadal to centennial timescales. Thermally driven widening of ice streams provides a mechanism for this...