Quantifying subglacial bed roughness in Antarctica: implications for ice-sheet dynamics and history
Glaciated landscapes consist of complex assemblages of landforms resulting from ice flow dynamic regimes and ice-sheet history, superimposed over, and in turn modifying, preglacial topography, lithology and geological structure. insights into the formation of glaciated landscapes can, in principle,...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:10794 2023-05-15T13:45:10+02:00 Quantifying subglacial bed roughness in Antarctica: implications for ice-sheet dynamics and history Bingham, Robert G. Siegert, Martin J. 2009 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/10794/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.10.014 unknown Elsevier Bingham, Robert G.; Siegert, Martin J. 2009 Quantifying subglacial bed roughness in Antarctica: implications for ice-sheet dynamics and history. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28 (3-4). 223-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.10.014 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.10.014> Glaciology Earth Sciences Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2009 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.10.014 2023-02-04T19:26:58Z Glaciated landscapes consist of complex assemblages of landforms resulting from ice flow dynamic regimes and ice-sheet history, superimposed over, and in turn modifying, preglacial topography, lithology and geological structure. insights into the formation of glaciated landscapes can, in principle, be obtained by analysing modem ice-sheet beds, but terrain analyses beneath modern ice sheets are restricted by the inaccessibility of the bed. It is, however, possible to quantify roughness, the vertical variation of the subglacial interface with horizontal distance, along two-dimensional images of the bed obtained from radio-echo sounding (RES). Here we collate several case studies from Antarctica, where roughness calculations have been used as a glaciological tool to infer basal processes and ice-sheet history over large (> 500 km(2)) areas. We present two examples from West Antarctica, which demonstrate the utility of bed roughness in determining the presence and extent of subglacial sediments, glacial dynamics and former ice-sheet size. We also present two examples from East Antarctica, which illustrate how roughness provides knowledge of ice-sheet dynamics in the interior and pre-Quaternary ice-sheet histories. In modem ice-sheet settings, characterising bed roughness along RES tracks has the twin advantages of being relatively simple to calculate while producing informative subsurface data, and is especially powerful at furthering understanding when coupled with knowledge of ice flow from field, satellite and modelling investigations. The technique also offers significant potential for the comparison of modern and former ice-sheet terrains, contributing to an improved understanding of the formation and evolution of glaciated landscapes. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica East Antarctica Ice Sheet West Antarctica Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive East Antarctica West Antarctica Quaternary Science Reviews 28 3-4 223 236 |
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Glaciated landscapes consist of complex assemblages of landforms resulting from ice flow dynamic regimes and ice-sheet history, superimposed over, and in turn modifying, preglacial topography, lithology and geological structure. insights into the formation of glaciated landscapes can, in principle, be obtained by analysing modem ice-sheet beds, but terrain analyses beneath modern ice sheets are restricted by the inaccessibility of the bed. It is, however, possible to quantify roughness, the vertical variation of the subglacial interface with horizontal distance, along two-dimensional images of the bed obtained from radio-echo sounding (RES). Here we collate several case studies from Antarctica, where roughness calculations have been used as a glaciological tool to infer basal processes and ice-sheet history over large (> 500 km(2)) areas. We present two examples from West Antarctica, which demonstrate the utility of bed roughness in determining the presence and extent of subglacial sediments, glacial dynamics and former ice-sheet size. We also present two examples from East Antarctica, which illustrate how roughness provides knowledge of ice-sheet dynamics in the interior and pre-Quaternary ice-sheet histories. In modem ice-sheet settings, characterising bed roughness along RES tracks has the twin advantages of being relatively simple to calculate while producing informative subsurface data, and is especially powerful at furthering understanding when coupled with knowledge of ice flow from field, satellite and modelling investigations. The technique also offers significant potential for the comparison of modern and former ice-sheet terrains, contributing to an improved understanding of the formation and evolution of glaciated landscapes. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Quantifying subglacial bed roughness in Antarctica: implications for ice-sheet dynamics and history |
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Quantifying subglacial bed roughness in Antarctica: implications for ice-sheet dynamics and history |
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Quantifying subglacial bed roughness in Antarctica: implications for ice-sheet dynamics and history |
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Quantifying subglacial bed roughness in Antarctica: implications for ice-sheet dynamics and history |
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Quantifying subglacial bed roughness in Antarctica: implications for ice-sheet dynamics and history |
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quantifying subglacial bed roughness in antarctica: implications for ice-sheet dynamics and history |
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Bingham, Robert G.; Siegert, Martin J. 2009 Quantifying subglacial bed roughness in Antarctica: implications for ice-sheet dynamics and history. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28 (3-4). 223-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.10.014 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.10.014> |
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