Nature and dynamics of ice-stream beds: assessing their role in ice-sheet stability

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Author: Davies, Damon
• Other Authors: Bingham, Robert, Hulton, Nick, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Edinburgh 2018
• Subjects: glaciology; geophysics; geomorphology; radar; Antarctica; ice-sheet; subglacial; Antarctic; Pine Island Glacier; The Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Antarctica Journal; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Pine Island; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31399

Ice streams are fast flowing outlet glaciers through which over 90% of the ice stored within the Antarctic Ice Sheet drains. The dynamic behaviour of ice streams is therefore crucial in controlling the mass balance of the ice sheet. Over the past few decades, Antarctica has been losing mass. Much of...