Ice-Bed Coupling Beneath and Beyond Ice Streams: Byrd Glacier, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Hughes, Terence J., Sargent, Aitbala, Fastook, James L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2011
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Byrd; Byrd Glacier; Ross Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/49; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1048&context=ers_facpub

Ice sheet thickness is determined mainly by the strength of ice-bed coupling that controls holistic transitions from slow sheet flow to fast streamflow to buttressing shelf flow. Byrd Glacier has the largest ice drainage system in Antarctica and is the fastest ice stream entering Ross Ice Shelf. In...