Modelling of Kealey Ice Rise, Antarctica, reveals stable ice-flow conditions in East Ellsworth Land over the millennia

Martín, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2661-169X; Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4236-5369; King, Edward C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3793-3915. 2014 Modelling of Kealey Ice Rise, Antarctica, reveals stable ice-flow conditions in East Ellsworth Land over the millennia. Journal of Glaciology, 60 (219). 139-146. 10.3189/2014JoG13J089

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Abstract/Summary

Flow at ice divides, their shape, size and internal structure depend not only on local conditions, but also on the flow regimes and past histories of the surrounding ice masses. Here we use field data from Kealey Ice Rise, Ellsworth Land, West Antarctica, in combination with flow modelling to investigate any possible signs of transients in the flow of the surrounding ice masses. Kealey Ice Rise shows linear surface features running parallel to its ridge in satellite imagery and a conspicuous layering in the ground-penetrating radar data known as double-peaked Raymond bumps. Through numerical modelling, by using an anisotropic full-Stokes thermomechanical flow solver, we analyse the evolution of Kealey Ice Rise and the timescales involved. We conclude that the features observed in the stratigraphy of Kealey Ice Rise require at least 3 ka of near-stationary flow conditions. However, we cannot exclude the possibility of a recent flow reorganization in the last century. We stress that the signs of stationary flow in radar stratigraphy observed in Kealey Ice Rise have been observed in other ice divides in the East Ellsworth Land area, suggesting stationary flow conditions over a millennial timescale in the region.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.3189/2014JoG13J089
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Ice Sheets
Date made live:	22 Jan 2014 16:53 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/501872

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.3189/2014JoG13J089

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Ice Sheets

Date made live:

22 Jan 2014 16:53 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/501872