Inferring geothermal heat flux from an ice-borehole temperature profile at Law Dome, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Mony, L, Roberts, JL, Halpin, JA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Int Glaciol Soc 2020
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical geography and environmental geoscience; Glaciology; Antarctic; Dome Fuji; East Antarctica; Law Dome; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.27; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/138775

Geothermal heat flux (GHF) is an important control on the dynamics of Antarctica's ice sheet because it controls basal melt and internal deformation. However, it is hard to estimate because of a lack of in-situ measurements. Estimating GHF from ice-borehole temperature profiles is possible by c...