Evidence for a Frozen Bed, Byrd Glacier, Antarctica
Ice thickness, computed within the fjord region of Byrd Glacier on the assumptions that Byrd Glacier is in mass-balance equilibrium and that ice velocity is entirely due to basal sliding, are on average 400 m less than measured ice thicknesses along a radio-echo profile. We consider four explanation...
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DigitalCommons@UMaine
1991
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Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/32 https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1031&context=ers_facpub |