Thermal controls on ice stream shear margins

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Hunter, Pierce, Meyer, Colin, Minchew, Brent, Haseloff, Marianne, Rempel, Alan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2021
• Subjects: Bindschadler Ice Stream; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/133820.2

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Ice stream discharge responds to a balance between gravity, basal friction and lateral drag. Appreciable viscous heating occurs in shear margins between ice streams and adjacent slow-moving ice ridges, altering the temperature-dependent visc...