GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS OF POLAR ICE SHEETS AND ICE SHELVES

• Main Author: Horgan, Huw Joseph
• Other Authors: Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Richard Alley, Charles Ammon, Chris Marone, Charles Holland
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Penn State 2009
• Subjects: Geoscience; Antarctic; Greenland; Ross Ice Shelf; Siple; Siple Coast; Antarc*; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Jakobshavn
• Online Access: http://etda.libraries.psu.edu/theses/approved/WorldWideIndex/ETD-4587/index.html

Knowledge of processes, dynamics, and the ongoing mass-balance of polar ice sheets is essential if we are to understand the response of the cryosphere to a changing climate. Here we present a series of hypotheses and associated observations and interpretations addressing the West Antarctic and Green...