Basal freeze-on generates complex ice-sheet stratigraphy
Subsurface ice-sheet radar images reveal large plume-shaped bodies rising from the base, with their origin not yet understood. Here, the authors show that freeze-on of water at the ice-sheet base combined with ice-flux explains the vertical extent, shape and structure of the observed plumes.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-11-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07083-3 |