Longitudinal surface structures (flowstripes) on Antarctic glaciers

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Glasser, Neil F., Gudmundsson, Hilmar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Coperincus 2012
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Filchner Ice Shelf; Lambert Glacier; Recovery Glacier; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/37357/; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-383-2012; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/37357/1/Glasser,%20Gudmundsson%20-%20Longitudinal%20surface%20structures%20%28flowstripes%29%20on%20Antarctic%20glaciers%20OA.pdf

Longitudinal surface structures ("flowstripes") are common on many glaciers but their origin and significance are poorly understood. In this paper we present observations of the development of these longitudinal structures from four different Antarctic glacier systems; the Lambert Glacier/...