Antarctic glacier-tongue velocities from Landsat images: First results
Annals of Glaciology
By: Baerbel K. Lucchitta, K.F. Mullins, A.L. Allison, and Jane G. Ferrigno
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Abstract
We measured the velocities of six glacier tongues and a few tongues within ice shelves distributed around the Antarctic coastline by determining the displacement of crevasse patterns seen on sequential Landsat images. The velocities range from less than 0.2 km a−1 for East Antarctic ice-shelf tongues to more than 2.5 km a−1 for the Thwaites Glacier Tongue. All glacier tongues show increases in velocity toward their distal margins. In general, the tongues of glaciers draining the West Antarctic ice sheet have moved significantly faster than those in East Antarctica. This observation may be significant in light of the hypothesized possible disintegration of the West Antarctic ice sheet.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Antarctic glacier-tongue velocities from Landsat images: First results |
| Series title | Annals of Glaciology |
| DOI | 10.3189/S0260305500013100 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Year Published | 1993 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Contributing office(s) | Astrogeology Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Description | 11 p. |
| First page | 356 |
| Last page | 366 |
| Other Geospatial | Antarctica |
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