Changes in the morphology, mass balance, and dynamics of Brown Glacier, Heard Island, with comparison to the surrounding sub-Antarctic islands

• Main Author: Donoghue, SL
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic; Big Ben; Brown Glacier; Heard Island; Indian; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Laurens Peninsula; Nares; Antarc*; Crozet Islands; ice core; Marion Island
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19886/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19886/1/whole_DonoghueShavawnLesley2009_thesis.pdf

Heard Island is located in one of the more isolated regions of the southern Indian Ocean at 53°06' S 73°30 E. There are 29 glacerised basins on Heard Island, which cover 70% of this 367 km2 island. Changes in the positions of Heard Island's glaciers, and by inference, changes in the region...