Inferences of Subglacial Processes Under the West Antarctic Ice Sheet From Grain Surface Textures

• Main Author: Wheeler, Aspen, '16
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@IMSA 2016
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Whillans; Whillans Ice Stream; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/sir_presentations/2016/oralsession3/3; https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1032&context=sir_presentations

Subglacial sediment transport under Whillans Ice Stream in West Antarctica is inferred using samples collected from Subglacial Lake Whillans (SLW) and two sites at a location called “UpB”. The surface features on quartz grains between 125 and 1000 micrometers were described using a Scanning Electron...