Automated detection and characterization of Antarctic basal units using radar sounding data: demonstration in Institute Ice Stream, West Antarctica

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Goldberg, M, Schroeder, D, Castelletti, D, Mantelli, E, Ross, N, Siegert, M
• Other Authors: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), British Council (UK)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2020
• Subjects: 0401 Atmospheric Sciences; 0404 Geophysics; 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Antarctic; Institute Ice Stream; West Antarctica; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/79772; https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2020.27

Basal units – visibly distinct englacial structures near the ice-bed interface – warrant investigation for a number of reasons. Many are of unknown composition and origin, characteristics that could provide substantial insight into subglacial processes and ice-sheet history. Their significance, more...