Frictional Origin of Slip Events of the Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Guerin, Gauthier, Mordret, Aurelien, Rivet, Diane, Lipovsky, Bradley P., Minchew, Brent M
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2021
• Subjects: West Antarctica; Whillans; Whillans Ice Stream; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/133831.2

Ice sheet evolution depends on subglacial conditions, with the ice-bed interface's strength exerting an outsized role on the ice dynamics. Along fast-flowing glaciers, this strength is often controlled by the deformation of subglacial till, making quantification of spatial variations of till st...