Distribution and characteristics of overdeepenings beneath the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets: Implications for overdeepening origin and evolution

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Patton, Henry, Swift, D.A., Clark, C.D., Livingstone, Stephen J., Cook, S.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: Glacial erosion; Landscape evolution; Overdeepening; Geomorphology; Ice sheet; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450; Antarctic; Greenland; Siple; Siple Coast; The Antarctic; Antarc*; glacier; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10521; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.07.012

Published version at http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.07.012 . License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 . Glacier bed overdeepenings are ubiquitous in glacier systems and likely exert significant influence on ice dynamics, subglacial hydrology, and ice stability. Understanding of overdeepening formation and e...