Rutford Ice Stream, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Doake, C.S.M., Corr, H.F.J., Jenkins, A., Makinson, K., Nicholls, K.W., Nath, C., Smith, A.M., Vaughan, D.G.
• Other Authors: Alley, R.B., Bindschadler, R.A.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2001
• Subjects: Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Ellsworth Mountains; Rutford; Rutford Ice Stream; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18574/

Rutford Ice Stream is in many ways a typical Antarctic outlet glacier. Constrained by a subglacial-bed trough to the east of the Ellsworth Mountains, it drains an area of 49,000 km2 of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Varying in width from 20 to 30 km, flowing fast (up to 400 m/a) for more than 150 km...