The Basal Sliding of a Thinning Ice Sheet, Mizuho Plateau, East Antarctica
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- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Glaciology
- Vol. 24 (90) , 53-61
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000014647
Abstract
The Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition observed the thinning of the ice sheet, about 70 cm/year, in Mizuho Plateau. The thinning observed is analysed using an equation of mass continuity. The result of the analysis indicates that the thinning is predominantly caused by the basal sliding and the basal sliding velocity is about 10 m/year. This sliding velocity is compared with the basal sliding velocity obtained by the calculation of the velocity due to internal deformation of ice sheet.Keywords
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