Surface formation, preservation, and history of low-porosity crusts at the WAIS Divide site, West Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Fegyveresi, John M., Alley, Richard B., Muto, Atsuhiro, Orsi, Anaïs J., Spencer, Matthew K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; Midwinter; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-325-2018; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00007463; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00007420/tc-12-325-2018.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/12/325/2018/tc-12-325-2018.pdf

Observations at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide site show that near-surface snow is strongly altered by weather-related processes such as strong winds and temperature fluctuations, producing features that are recognizable in the deep ice core. Prominent glazed surface crusts develop frequ...