Evidence for a Frozen Bed, Byrd Glacier, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Scofield, John P., Fastook, James L., Hughes, Terence J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 1991
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Byrd; Byrd Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/32; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1031&context=ers_facpub

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...