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Basal Melting Along the Floating Part of Byrd Glacier
Antarctic Science
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Publication Date
9-1-2004
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Abstract/ Summary
A mass balance calculation was made for the floating part of Byrd Glacier, using 1978-79 ice elevation and velocity data, over the 45 km of Byrd Glacier from its grounding line to where it leaves its fjord and merges with the Ross Ice Shelf. Smoothed basal melting rates were relatively uniform over this distance and averaged 12 +/- 2 m yr(-1).
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Kenneally, JR, and Hughes, TJ, 2004, Basal Melting Along the Floating Part of Byrd Glacier: Antarctic Science, v. 16, p. 355-358. Available on publisher's site at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=247867&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0954102004002068
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© Copyright 2004 by Cambridge University Press
DOI
10.1017/S0954102004002068
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Citation Information
James P. Kenneally and Terence J. Hughes. "Basal Melting Along the Floating Part of Byrd Glacier" Antarctic Science Vol. 16 Iss. 3 (2004) p. 355 - 358 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/terence_hughes/26/