Basal conditions beneath enhanced-flow tributaries of Slessor Glacier, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Rippin, D.M., Bamber, J.L., Siegert, M.J., Vaughan, D.G., Corr, H.F.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2006
• Subjects: Glaciology; East Antarctica; Slessor; Slessor Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/2627/

Radio-echo sounding data are used to investigate bed roughness beneath the three enhanced-flow tributaries of Slessor Glacier, East Antarctica. Slow-moving inter-tributary areas are found to have rough beds, while the bed of the northernmost tributary is relatively smooth. A reconstruction of potent...