Englacial architecture and age‐depth constraints across the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
The englacial stratigraphic architecture of internal‐reflection horizons (IRHs) as imaged by ice‐penetrating radar (IPR) across ice sheets reflects the cumulative effects of surface mass balance, basal melt and ice flow. IRHs, considered isochrones, have typically been traced in interior, slow‐flowi...
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ftimperialcol:oai:spiral.imperial.ac.uk:10044/1/77245 2023-05-15T14:01:35+02:00 Englacial architecture and age‐depth constraints across the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Ashmore, DW Bingham, RG Ross, N Siegert, MJ Jordan, TA Mair, DWF Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) 2020-02-27 http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/77245 https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl086663 en eng American Geophysical Union (AGU) Geophysical Research Letters 0094-8276 http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/77245 doi:10.1029/2019gl086663 NE/G00465X/3 © 2020. The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY 11 1 Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Journal Article 2020 ftimperialcol https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl086663 2020-05-14T22:38:22Z The englacial stratigraphic architecture of internal‐reflection horizons (IRHs) as imaged by ice‐penetrating radar (IPR) across ice sheets reflects the cumulative effects of surface mass balance, basal melt and ice flow. IRHs, considered isochrones, have typically been traced in interior, slow‐flowing regions. Here, we identify three distinctive IRHs spanning the Institute and Möller catchments that cover 50% of West Antarctica's Weddell Sea Sector and are characterised by a complex system of ice‐stream tributaries. We place age constraints on IRHs through their intersections with previous geophysical surveys tied to Byrd Ice Core, and by age‐depth modeling. We further show where the oldest ice likely exists within the region; and that Holocene ice‐dynamic changes were limited to the catchment's lower reaches. The traced IRHs from this study have clear potential to nucleate a wider continental‐scale IRH database for validating ice‐sheet models. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic ice core Ice Sheet Weddell Sea Imperial College London: Spiral Antarctic Byrd Weddell Weddell Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet Geophysical Research Letters 47 6 |
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The englacial stratigraphic architecture of internal‐reflection horizons (IRHs) as imaged by ice‐penetrating radar (IPR) across ice sheets reflects the cumulative effects of surface mass balance, basal melt and ice flow. IRHs, considered isochrones, have typically been traced in interior, slow‐flowing regions. Here, we identify three distinctive IRHs spanning the Institute and Möller catchments that cover 50% of West Antarctica's Weddell Sea Sector and are characterised by a complex system of ice‐stream tributaries. We place age constraints on IRHs through their intersections with previous geophysical surveys tied to Byrd Ice Core, and by age‐depth modeling. We further show where the oldest ice likely exists within the region; and that Holocene ice‐dynamic changes were limited to the catchment's lower reaches. The traced IRHs from this study have clear potential to nucleate a wider continental‐scale IRH database for validating ice‐sheet models. |
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Ashmore, DW Bingham, RG Ross, N Siegert, MJ Jordan, TA Mair, DWF |
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Englacial architecture and age‐depth constraints across the West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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Englacial architecture and age‐depth constraints across the West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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Englacial architecture and age‐depth constraints across the West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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Englacial architecture and age‐depth constraints across the West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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Englacial architecture and age‐depth constraints across the West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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englacial architecture and age‐depth constraints across the west antarctic ice sheet |
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American Geophysical Union (AGU) |
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Antarctic Byrd Weddell Weddell Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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Antarctic Byrd Weddell Weddell Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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Antarc* Antarctic ice core Ice Sheet Weddell Sea |
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Antarc* Antarctic ice core Ice Sheet Weddell Sea |
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© 2020. The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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