Ice shelf basal melting at the grounding line, measured from seismic observations

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Author: Smith, A.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 1996
• Subjects: Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515283/; https://doi.org/10.1029/96JC02173

Analysis of seismic data provides a new technique to measure basal melting of an ice shelf close to the grounding line. Internal reflections have been observed within the ice on a seismic reflection profile at the grounding line of Ronne Ice Shelf. The changes in ice thickness above and below these...