Grounding Zone Process: Ice Mechanics and Margin Lakes, Kamb Ice Stream and Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica

• Main Author: Fried, Mason
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Portland State University 2013
• Subjects: Geology|Geophysics; West Antarctica; Ross Ice Shelf; Whillans; Whillans Ice Stream; Kamb Ice Stream; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1542719

The lateral "corners" where Kamb and Whillans Ice Streams (KIS and WIS) discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf share common geometries and ice mechanical settings. At both corners of the now-stagnant KIS outlet, shear margins of apparently different ages confine regions with a relatively flat,...