Using Radar and Seismic Methods for the Determination of Ice Column Properties and Basal Conditions at Jakobshavn Isbræ and the NEEM Drill Site

• Main Author: Velez Gonzalez, Jose Antonio
• Other Authors: Tsoflias, George, Black, Ross, Li, JiLu, Stearns, Leigh A, van der Veen, Cornelis J
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Kansas 2015
• Subjects: Geophysics; Climate change; Anisotropy; Glaciology; Ice Properties; Seismic Processing; Greenland; Jakobshavn Isbræ; glacier; ice core; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; North Greenland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/19476; http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13964

The development of preferred crystal orientation fabrics (COF) within the ice column can have a strong influence on the flow behavior of an ice sheet or glacier. Typically, COF information comes from ice cores. Observations of anisotropic seismic wave propagation and backscatter variation as a funct...