Ice-stream stability on a reverse bed slope

• Published in: Nature Geoscience
• Main Authors: Jamieson, Stewart S.R., Vieli, Andreas, Livingstone, Stephen J., Ó Cofaigh, Colm, Stokes, Chris, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Dowdeswell, Julian A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2012
• Subjects: Glaciology; Antarctic; Greenland; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17541/; https://doi.org/10.1038/NGEO1600

Marine-based ice streams whose beds deepen inland are thought to be inherently unstable. This instability is of particular concern because significant portions of the marinebased West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are losing mass and their retreat could contribute significantly to future sea-leve...