Tides and the flow of Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Author: Gudmundsson, Hilmar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2007
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Ronne Ice Shelf; Rutford; Rutford Ice Stream; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/35560/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JF000731

[1] Surface speeds of Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, are known to vary by around 10–20% (depending on location) with a fortnightly periodicity corresponding to a spring‐neap tidal cycle. The reasons for these periodic variations in flow are unclear. Here the possible role of tidal stress trans...