Surface formation, preservation, and history of low-porosity crusts at the WAIS Divide site, West Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Fegyveresi, John, Alley, Richard, Muto, Atsuhiro, Orsi, Anaïs, Spencer, Matthew
• Other Authors: Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), Penn State System, Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE), Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Glaces et Continents, Climats et Isotopes Stables (GLACCIOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology; Antarctic; Midwinter; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01806745; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01806745/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01806745/file/tc-12-325-2018.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-325-2018

International audience Observations at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide site show that near-surface snow is strongly altered by weather-related processes such as strong winds and temperature fluctuations, producing features that are recognizable in the deep ice core. Prominent glazed surfa...