Supraglacial debris along the front of the Larsen-A Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Evans, Jeffrey, Ó Cofaigh, Colm
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2003
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Fairweather; Nordenskjöld; Cape Fairweather; Nordenskjöld Coast; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17606/; http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=188519

Semi-continuous, linear accumulations of poorly-sorted debris are present on the surface of the remnant Larsen-A Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. These accumulations form a complex of debris bands extending parallel to the front of the ice shelf for several kilometres. Landsat imagery shows that the...