Origin of surface undulations at the Kamb Ice Stream grounding line, West Antarctica

• Main Author: Seifert, Fiona Bronwyn
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: PDXScholar 2012
• Subjects: Ice sheet; Viscous deformation; Undulations; Grounding line; Ice shelf; Ice sheets > Antarctica; Ice > Viscosity > Antarctica; Geospatial data > Antarctica; Kamb Ice Stream (Antarctica); Antarctic; Kamb Ice Stream; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/677; https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1676&context=open_access_etds

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is drained primarily by five major ice streams, which together control the volume of ice discharged into the ocean across the grounding line. The grounding line of Kamb Ice Stream (KIS) is unusual because the ice stream upstream of it is stagnant. Here, a set of surface...