Basal Melting Along the Floating Part of Byrd Glacier

A mass balance calculation was made for the floating part of Byrd Glacier, using 1978-79 ice elevation and velocity data, over the 45 km of Byrd Glacier from its grounding line to where it leaves its fjord and merges with the Ross Ice Shelf. Smoothed basal melting rates were relatively uniform over...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Kenneally, James P., Hughes, Terence J.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2004
Subjects:
Antarctic Ice Sheet
grounding line
mass balance
Ross Ice Shelf
Earth Sciences
Antarc*
Antarctic
Byrd Glacier
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelf
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/15
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102004002068
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/ers_facpub/article/1014/viewcontent/hughes_16_355_358.pdf
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Summary:A mass balance calculation was made for the floating part of Byrd Glacier, using 1978-79 ice elevation and velocity data, over the 45 km of Byrd Glacier from its grounding line to where it leaves its fjord and merges with the Ross Ice Shelf. Smoothed basal melting rates were relatively uniform over this distance and averaged 12 +/- 2 m yr(-1).

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