Ice stream activity scaled to ice sheet volume during Laurentide Ice Sheet deglaciation

C. R. Stokes (), M. Margold, C. D. Clark and L. Tarasov
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C. R. Stokes: Durham University
M. Margold: Durham University
C. D. Clark: University of Sheffield
L. Tarasov: Memorial University

Nature, 2016, vol. 530, issue 7590, 322-326

Abstract: Reconstruction of the activity of ice streams operating during the retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet reveals that the number of ice streams and their total discharge decreased as the total volume of the ice sheet decreased, suggesting that ice stream activity did not accelerate the collapse of the ice sheet.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/nature16947

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