Constrainting Subglacial Heat Flux in Antarctica from Thermal Conductivity and Subglacial Lakes

• Main Author: Willcocks, Simon Robert
• Other Authors: Hasterok, Derrick, Hand, Martin, School of Geology and Earth Science
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Antarctica; Geothermics; Thermal Conductivity; Geothermal Heat Flux; Thermal Refraction; Subglacial Topography; Subglacial Lakes; Antarctic; Paterson; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2440/137900

Developing accurate models for the dynamics of ice sheets requires detailed knowledge of the temperature field within. An important constraint on internal ice sheet temperature is provided by geothermal heat flux, the heat flow from the solid Earth to the base of the ice sheet (Fowler 2006). This fl...