Pattern of Ice Surface Lowering for Rennick Glacier, Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Mayewski, Paul Andrew, Tattig, John W., Jr., Drewry, David J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 1979
• Subjects: Glaciers and climate change; Glacial erosion; Quaternary geology; Earth Sciences; Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Rennick Glacier; Ross Ice Shelf; Victoria Land
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/178; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/ers_facpub/article/1177/viewcontent/igs_journal_vol22_issue086_pg53_65.pdf

Rennick Glacier is one of the major ice drainages in northern Victoria Land. Unlike glaciers farther south along the Transantarctic Mountains, Rennick Glacier does not drain into the Ross Ice Shelf but flows directly into a seasonally ice-covered ocean. Therefore, current fluctuations of this glacie...