Ice-stream flow switching during deglaciation of the southwestern Barents Sea.

• Published in: Geological Society of America Bulletin
• Main Authors: Winsborrow, M.C.M., Stokes, C.R., Andreassen, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of America 2012
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Greenland; Ingøydjupet; Sørøya; Antarc*; Antarctica; Bjørnøyrenna ice stream; Fugløy*
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/11094/; https://doi.org/10.1130/B30416.1

Ice streams dominate the discharge of continental ice sheets. Recent observations and reconstructions have revealed that large-scale reorganizations in their flow trajectory (flow switching) can occur over relatively short time scales. However, the underlying causes of such behavior, and the extent...