Ice flow direction change in interior West Antarctica

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Siegert, Martin J., Welch, Brian, Morse, David, Vieli, Andreas, Blankenship, Donald D., Joughin, Ian, King, Edward C., Leysinger Vieli, Gwendolyn J.-M.C., Payne, Antony J., Jacobel, Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2004
• Subjects: Glaciology; West Antarctica; Byrd; Byrd Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12419/; http://www.sciencemag.org/content/305/5692/1948.abstract

Upstream of Byrd Station (West Antarctica), ice-penetrating radar data reveal a distinctive fold structure within the ice, in which isochronous layers are unusually deep. The fold has an axis more than 50 kilometers long, which is aligned up to 45degrees to the ice flow direction. Although explanati...