Geothermal heat flux uncertainties and the search for million year-old ice in Antarctica.

• Main Authors: Van Liefferinge, Brice, Pattyn, Frank
• Other Authors: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2013 (Session CR3.3/CL1.11: Ice-sheet and climate interactions. 2013-04-07/12: Vienna (Austria))
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Glaciologie; Antarctic; New Lake; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/151321; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/151321/1/EGU_2013_BVL.pdf

The geothermal heat flux is one of the least well known parameters of subglacial Antarctica. Several techniques exist to obtain this essential information. However, since direct measurements are only limited to a few deep drillings to the bed, there is always a substantial amount of ice sheet and th...