Structures and deformation in glaciers and ice sheets

SJA Jennings, MJ Hambrey - Reviews of Geophysics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aims of this review are to:(a) describe and interpret structures in valley glaciers in
relation to strain history; and (b) to explore how these structures inform our understanding of …

Radar for Europa assessment and sounding: ocean to near-surface (REASON)

DD Blankenship, A Moussessian, E Chapin… - Space science …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface
(REASON) is a dual-frequency ice-penetrating radar (9 and 60 MHz) onboard the Europa …

Subglacial melt channels and fracture in the floating part of Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica

DG Vaughan, HFJ Corr… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A dense grid of ice‐penetrating radar sections acquired over Pine Island Glacier, West
Antarctica has revealed a network of sinuous subglacial channels, typically 500 m to 3 km …

The distribution of basal water between Antarctic subglacial lakes from radar sounding

DA Young, DM Schroeder… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Antarctica's subglacial lakes have two end member geophysical expressions: as
hydraulically flat, radar reflective regions highlighted in ice surface topography and radar …

Basal crevasses in Larsen C Ice Shelf and implications for their global abundance

A Luckman, D Jansen, B Kulessa, EC King… - The …, 2012 - tc.copernicus.org
Basal crevasses extend upwards from the base of ice bodies and can penetrate more than
halfway through the ice column under conditions found commonly on ice shelves. As a …

An assessment of surge‐induced crevassing and the formation of crevasse squeeze ridges

BR Rea, DJA Evans - Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence for extensive crevassing is preserved on the deglaciated forelands of many
surging glaciers as crevasse squeeze ridges (CSRs). At some point these crevasses make …

Assessing the potential for passive radio sounding of Europa and Ganymede with RIME and REASON

DM Schroeder, A Romero-Wolf, L Carrer… - Planetary and Space …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent work has raised the potential for Jupiter's decametric radiation to be used as a
source for passive radio sounding of its icy moons. Two radar sounding instruments, the …

[PDF][PDF] Radar sounding of Europa's subsurface properties and processes: The view from Earth

DD Blankenship, DA Young, WB Moore, JC Moore - Europa, 2009 - ulcar.uml.edu
A primary objective of future Europa studies will be to characterize the distribution of shallow
subsurface water as well as to identify any ice-ocean interface. Other objectives will be to …

Response of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, to ocean gravity-wave forcing

PD Bromirski, RA Stephen - Annals of Glaciology, 2012 - cambridge.org
Comparison of the Ross Ice Shelf (RIS, Antarctica) response at near-front seismic station
RIS2 with seismometer data collected on tabular iceberg B15A and with land-based seismic …

The grounding zone of the Ross Ice Shelf, West Antarctica, from ice-penetrating radar

JA MacGREGOR, S Anandakrishnan… - Journal of …, 2011 - cambridge.org
As ice streams flow into the Ross Ice Shelf, West Antarctica, their bed coupling transitions
from weak to transient to zero as the ice goes afloat. Here we explore the nature of the bed …