Week 3 references Flashcards

1
Q

Some parts of Antarctic Ice sheet are not in equilibrium - discovery of ice tributaries far inland

A

Bamber et al 2000

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2
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Complications of basal stress w.r.t topography

A

Benn and Evans 1998

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3
Q

Subglacial deformation experiment (upper = ductile, lower = brittle)

A

Boulton 1986

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4
Q

Glacier surges are clustered in Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Svalbard, Iceland, Pamirs = suggests climatic influence

A

Sevestre and Benn 2015

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5
Q

Ice stream = regio in grounded ice sheet where ice flows much faster than regions on either side

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Paterson 1994

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