Basal Melting Along the Floating Part of Byrd Glacier


Autoria(s): Kenneally, James P.; Hughes, Terence J.
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01/09/2004

Resumo

A mass balance calculation was made for the floating part of Byrd Glacier, using 1978-79 ice elevation and velocity data, over the 45 km of Byrd Glacier from its grounding line to where it leaves its fjord and merges with the Ross Ice Shelf. Smoothed basal melting rates were relatively uniform over this distance and averaged 12 +/- 2 m yr(-1).

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http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/15

http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=ers_facpub

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DigitalCommons@UMaine

Fonte

Earth Science Faculty Scholarship

Palavras-Chave #Antarctic Ice Sheet #grounding line #mass balance #Ross Ice Shelf #Earth Sciences
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