Studying Byrd Glacier as a Rock-Floored Ice Stream Ending as a Calving Ice Shelf: Phase I

• Main Authors: Huges, Terence J., Hooke, Roger, Fastook, James
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2003
• Subjects: Crevasses; Glaciology; Ross Ice Shelf; Transantarctic Mountains; Byrd; Byrd Glacier; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/orsp_reports/65; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1071&context=orsp_reports

This award supports a one-year study of the floating part of Byrd Glacier, from its grounding line located halfway up a fjord through the Transantarctic Mountains to the end of its lateral rift zone on the Ross Ice Shelf beyond the fjord. Over this l00 km distance, the side boundary changes from rig...