Flow and structure in a dendritic glacier with bedrock steps

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: HESTER JISKOOT, THOMAS A FOX, WESLEY VAN WYCHEN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2017
• Subjects: glacier flow; glacier erosion; glacier surges; mountain glaciers; structural glaciology; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Shackleton; Shackleton Glacier; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2017.58; https://doaj.org/article/27854bb79c7242edbe499614c546d090

We analyse ice flow and structural glaciology of Shackleton Glacier, a dendritic glacier with multiple icefalls in the Canadian Rockies. A major tributary-trunk junction allows us to investigate the potential of tributaries to alter trunk flow and structure, and the formation of bedrock steps at con...