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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4951
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
Boreholes drilled to the bottom of ice stream B in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet reveal that the base of the ice stream is at the melting point and the basal water pressure is within about 1.6 bars of the ice overburden pressure. These conditions allow the rapid ice streaming motion to occur by basal sliding or by shear deformation of unconsolidated sediments that underlie the ice in a layer at least 2 meters thick. The mechanics of ice streaming plays a role in the response of the ice sheet to climatic change.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
248
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
57-9
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Physical conditions at the base of a fast moving antarctic ice stream.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article