Investigating antarctic ice-sheet vulnerability to internal ice-sheet processes

• Main Author: Jeofry, Muhammad Hafeez
• Other Authors: Siegert, Martin, Malaysia. Kementerian Pendidikan, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Imperial College London 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Foundation Ice Stream; Institute Ice Stream; Möller Ice Stream; Robin Subglacial Basin; Weddell; Weddell Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/70740; https://doi.org/10.25560/70740

The Weddell Sea sector of West Antarctic Ice Sheet may be increasingly vulnerable to melting specifically close to the grounding line through atmospheric warming and modifications in ocean circulation. This project investigates the complexity of ice-sheet stability at and close to the grounding line...