Organization of ice flow by localized regions of elevated geothermal heat flux

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Pittard, ML, Galton-Fenzi, BK, Roberts, JL, Watson, CS
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2016
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Glaciology; Amery; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068436; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/114790

The impact of localized regions of elevated geothermal heat flux on ice sheet dynamics is largely unknown. Simulations of ice dynamics are produced using poorly resolved and low-resolution estimates of geothermal heat flux. Observations of crustal heat production within the continental crust underne...