Till beneath ice stream B. 1. Properties derived from seismic travel times

D. D. Blankenship; C. R. Bentley; S. T. Rooney; Richard B. Alley

doi:10.1029/JB092iB09p08903

Till beneath ice stream B. 1. Properties derived from seismic travel times

D. D. Blankenship, C. R. Bentley, S. T. Rooney, Richard B. Alley

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Seismic experiments conducted on ice stream B, part of the marine ice sheet of West Antarctica, show a meters-thick layer immediately beneath the 1000-m thick ice. Very low wave speeds imply that the material in the layer is highly porous and is saturated with water at a high pore pressure. -from Authors

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	8903-8911
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume	92
Issue number	B9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/JB092iB09p08903
State	Published - Jan 1 1987

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Geophysics
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Earth-Surface Processes
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics
Atmospheric Science
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Space and Planetary Science
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