Subglacial sediments as a control on the onset and location of two Siple Coast ice streams, West Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Peters, LE, Anandakrishnan, S, Alley, RB, Winberry, JP, Voigt, DE, Smith, AM, Morse, DL
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2006
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Glaciology; Siple; Siple Coast; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Sheet; Ice Stream D
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JB003766; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/103895

Laterally continuous subglacial sediments are a necessary component for ice streaming in the modern onset regions of the ice streams draining the Siple Coast of West Antarctica on the basis of new seismic data combined with previous results. We present geophysical results from seismic reflection and...