Radio-echo sounding and waveform modeling reveal abundant marine ice in former rifts and basal crevasses within Crary Ice Rise, Antarctica

Hillebrand, Trevor R.; Conway, Howard; Koutnik, Michelle; Martín, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2661-169X; Paden, John; Winberry, J. Paul. 2021 Radio-echo sounding and waveform modeling reveal abundant marine ice in former rifts and basal crevasses within Crary Ice Rise, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, 67 (264). 641-652. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.17

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Abstract/Summary

Crary Ice Rise formed after the Ross Ice Shelf re-grounded ~1 kyr BP. We present new ice-penetrating radar data from two systems operating at center frequencies of 7 and 750 MHz that confirm the ice rise is composed of a former ice shelf buried by subsequent accumulation. Stacks of englacial diffraction hyperbolas are present almost everywhere across the central ice rise and extend up to ~350 m above the bed. In many cases, bed reflections beneath the diffraction hyperbolas are obscured for distances up to 1 km. Waveform modeling indicates that the diffraction hyperbolas are likely caused by marine ice deposits in former basal crevasses and rifts. The in-filling of rifts and basal crevasses may have strengthened the connection between the ice rise and the surrounding ice shelf, which could have influenced local and regional ice dynamics. Three internal reflection horizons mark the upper limit of disturbed ice and diffraction hyperbolas in different sections of the ice rise, indicating at least three stages of flow stabilization across the ice rise. A surface lineation visible in MODIS imagery corresponds spatially to deepening and strong deformation of these layers, consistent with the characteristics of former grounding lines observed elsewhere in Antarctica.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.17
ISSN:	0022-1430
Additional Keywords:	Antarctic glaciology; crevasses; ice rise; ice shelves; radio-echo sounding
Date made live:	19 Jul 2021 09:27 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530734

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