Englacial stratigraphy, debris entrainment and ice sheet stability of Horseshoe Valley, West Antarctica

• Main Author: Winter, Kate
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: F600 Geology; F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Bia; Evans Ice Stream; Horseshoe Valley; Institute Ice Stream; Patriot Hills; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/31620/; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/31620/1/winter.kate_phd.pdf

Despite the importance of ice streaming to the evaluation of West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) stability, we know little about mid-to long term changes in grounding line migration, ice streaming and ice accumulation in the upper Institute Ice Stream (IIS) catchment. In this thesis ground penetrating r...