Outlet Glacier Dynamics in East Greenland and East Antarctica

• Main Author: Stearns, Leigh Asher
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2007
• Subjects: outlet glaciers; sea level; Earth Sciences; Glaciology; Antarctic; East Antarctica; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Transantarctic Mountains; Greenland; Byrd; Byrd Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; East Greenland; glacier; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/104; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/etd/article/1100/viewcontent/StearnsLA2007.pdf

Ice mass from the interior of Greenland and Antarctica is transported to the ocean by numerous large, fast-flowing outlet glaciers. Changes in the flow configuration of these outlet glaciers modulate ice sheet mass balance and sea level. Several recent studies have highlighted rapid increases in gla...