The distribution of geothermal flux in West Antarctica

• Main Author: Quartini, Enrica
• Other Authors: Blankenship, Donald D., Young, Duncan A., Dalziel, Ian W.D., Lavier, Luc, Schroeder, Dustin M., Wilson, Clark R.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: West Antarctica; Aerogeophysics; Subglacial volcanism; Ice penetrating radar; Aeromagnetics; Geothermal heat flux; Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Byrd; Siple; Marie Byrd Land; Thwaites Glacier; Siple Coast; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2152/85063; https://doi.org/10.26153/tsw/12033

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) contains the equivalent of ∼3.3 m of global sea level rise and is the largest ice sheet on Earth grounded almost entirely below sea level. This is a potentially unstable configuration that makes WAIS prone to rapid collapse during interglacial periods, a condition...