Sentences with phrase «stream subglacial»
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A new three - dimensional higher - order thermomechanical ice sheet model: Basic sensitivity, ice stream development, and ice flow across subglacial lakes.
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Jacobel, R., K. Christianson, H. Horgan, S. Anandakrishnan, R. Alley, A. Muto, B. Petersen, R. Gobel, B. Keisling and L. Snyder, «Geophysical characteristics of Subglacial Lake Whillans and the ice stream grounding zone, West Antarctica», bibl.
Subglacial Lake Mercer lies below the confluence of the Whillans and Mercer ice streams, making its hydrology distinct within the region.
A subglacial aquifer bed model and water pressure dependent basal sliding relationship for a West Antarctic ice stream.
Anandakrishnan, S., D.D. Blankenship, R.B. Alley and P.L. Stoffa, Influence of subglacial geology on the position of a West Antarctic ice stream from seismic observations.
Tulaczyk, S., Kamb, B., Scherer, R.P., and Engelhardt, H.F., in press, Sedimentary processes at the base of a West Antarctic ice stream: constraints from textural and compositional properties of subglacial debris: Journal of Sedimentary Research.
The grounding line is where the ice stream become afloat, so if a subglacial lake breaches to the ocean, unless it is deep for the ice stream to become floating, it will not alter the grounding line in and of itself.
Geothermal activity can affect basal melt dynamics through increased lubrication and enhanced flow of subglacial streams.
The data reveal streamlined subglacial bedforms that define a zone of paleo — ice stream convergence, but, in contrast to previous models, do not show a simple downflow progression of bedform types along paleo — ice stream troughs.
Robert D. Larter, Alastair G.C. Graham, Karsten Gohl, Gerhard Kuhn, Claus - Dieter Hillenbrand, James A. Smith, Tara J. Deen, Roy A. Livermore, Hans - Werner Schenke; Subglacial bedforms reveal complex basal regime in a zone of paleo — ice stream convergence, Amundsen Sea embayment, West Antarctica.