Detailed observations of the rippled surface of Antarctic blue ice areas

• Main Authors: Bintanja, Richard, Reijmer, Charleen H., Hulscher, Suzanne J.M.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Antarctic; Svea; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/41764

This paper presents detailed observations of the regularly rippled surface on an Antarctic blue-ice area near Svea, at five sites. The wavelength of the ripples was found to be 20-24 cm, while the wave height (crest-trough) was 1-2 cm. The ripple crests are generally oriented perpendicular to the di...