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dc.contributor.authorHorgan, H. J.
dc.contributor.authorAnandakrishnan, Sridhar
dc.contributor.authorAlley, Richard B.
dc.contributor.authorPeters, L. E.
dc.contributor.authorTsoflias, Georgios P.
dc.contributor.authorVoigt, D. E.
dc.contributor.authorWinberry, J. P.
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-19T18:17:27Z
dc.date.available2015-03-19T18:17:27Z
dc.date.issued2008-05-21
dc.identifier.citationHorgan, H. J., S. Anandakrishnan, R. B. Alley, L. E. Peters, G. P. Tsoflias, D. E. Voigt, and J. P. Winberry (2008), Complex fabric development revealed by englacial seismic reflectivity: Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L10501, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GL033712.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/17120
dc.descriptionThis is the published version. Copyright 2008 American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.description.abstractHigh-resolution reflection seismic data from Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland, reveal complex fabric development. Abundant englacial reflectivity occurs for approximately half the thickness of the ice (the lower half), and disruption of the englacial reflectors occurs in the lower 10–15% of the ice-thickness. These depths correspond to the higher impurity-content, and more easily deformed, ice from the Younger Dryas and Last Glacial Maximum to Stage-3. We conclude that the reflectivity results from contrasting seismic velocities due to changes in the crystal orientation fabric of the ice, and suggest that these fabric changes are caused by variations in impurity loading and subsequent deformation history. These findings emphasize the difference between ice-divide and ice-stream crystal orientation fabrics and have implications for predictive ice sheet modeling.en_US
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Unionen_US
dc.subjectglaciologyen_US
dc.subjectcryosphereen_US
dc.subjectseismologyen_US
dc.titleComplex fabric development revealed by englacial seismic reflectivity: Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenlanden_US
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorTsoflias, Georgios P
kusw.kudepartmentGeologyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1029/2008GL033712
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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