An Analysis of the Relation between the Surface and Bedrock Profiles of Ice Caps

• Main Authors: Budd,W. F., Carter,D. B.
• Other Authors: DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA) ANTARCTIC DIV
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; (*STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; *POLAR REGIONS); GLACIERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THICKNESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DAMPING; MOTION; VISCOSITY; VELOCITY; CORRELATION TECHNIQUES; *ICE CAPS; Greenland; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0733558; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0733558

Results are presented of spectral analyses of the surface and bedrock profiles along a flow line of the Wilkes ice cap and the surface along the Greenland E.G.I.G. profile. Although the bedrock appears irregular over all wavelengths studied, the ice-cap surface is typically characterized by a smooth curve with small-scale surface undulations superimposed on it. The following relations of Budd (1969, 1970) are confirmed. (Author) Abstracts in French and German.