Persistent tracers of historic ice flow in glacial stratigraphy near Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: N. Holschuh, K. Christianson, H. Conway, R. W. Jacobel, B. C. Welch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Ross Sea; West Antarctica; Kamb Ice Stream; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2821-2018; https://doaj.org/article/6dbcc7c1f90c4d4f8e59ae779fd54739

Variations in properties controlling ice flow (e.g., topography, accumulation rate, basal friction) are recorded by structures in glacial stratigraphy. When anomalies that disturb the stratigraphy are fixed in space, the structures they produce advect away from the source and can be used to trace fl...