Subglacial conditions at a sticky spot along Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica

• Main Authors: Peters, LE, Anandakrishnan, S
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2007
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Glaciology; Kamb Ice Stream; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/; https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20071047SRP097; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/103888

We present the results of a seismic reflection experiment performed transverse to flow a few tens ofkilometers above the main trunk of Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica, where we image a basal high surrounded byvariable subglacial conditions. This high rises as much as 200 m above the surrounding bed...