Strain-induced phase changes within cold basal ice from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, indicated by textural and gas analyses

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 175, 2005, Pages 611-619

  Samyn, Denis ^a   Fitzsimons, Sean J ^b   Lorrain, Reginald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; STRAIN;

EID: 33644679126     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756505781829098     Document Type: Article

References (70)

1. Alley, R.B., J.H. Perepezko and C.R. Bentley. 1986. Grain growth in polar ice: I. Theory. J. Glaciol., 32(112), 415-424.
2. Anderton, P.W. 1974. Ice fabrics and petrography, Meserve Glacier, Antarctica. J. Glaciol., 13(68), 285-306.
3. 2 measurements by two laboratories on air from bubbles in polar ice. Nature, 303(5916), 410-413.
4. Berner, W., P. Bucher, H. Oeschger and B. Stauffer. 1977. Analysis and interpretation of gas content and composition in natural ice. In Isotopes and Impurities in Snow and Ice. Wallingford, Oxon., International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 272-284. (IAHS Publication 118.)
5. Blunier, T. and others. 1993. Atmospheric methane record from a Greenland ice core over the last 1000 years. Geophys. Res. Lett., 20(20), 2219-2222.
6. Boulton, G.S. 1970. On the origin and transport of englacial debris in Svalbard glaciers. J. Glaciol., 9(56), 213-229.
7. Boulton, G.S. 1996. Theory of glacial erosion, transport and deposition as a consequence of subglacial sediment deformation. J. Glaciol., 42(140), 43-62.
8. Calkin, P.E. 1974. Subglacial geomorphology surrounding the ice-free valleys of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. J. Glaciol., 13(69), 415-429.
9. Castelnau, O., T. Thorsteinsson, J. Kipfstuhl, P. Duval and G.R. Canova. 1996. Modelling fabric development along the GRIP ice core, central Greenland. Ann. Glaciol., 23, 194-201.
10. Chinn, T.J.H. 1991. Polar glacier margin and debris features. Mem. Soc. Geol. Ital., 46, 25-44.
11. Clark, P.U. 1993. Unstable behaviour of the Laurentide Ice Sheet over deforming sediment and its implications for climate change. Quat. Res., 41(1), 19-25.
12. Clark, P.U. 1995. Fast glacier flow over soft beds. Science, 267(5194), 43-44.
13. Corte, A.E. 1962. Vertical migration of particles in front of a moving freezing plane. J. Geophys. Res., 67(3), 1085-1090.
14. Cuffey, K.M., H. Conway, B. Hallet, A.M. Gades and C.F. Raymond. 1999. Interfacial water in polar glaciers and glacier sliding at -17°C. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(6), 751-754.
15. Cuffey, K.M. and others. 2000. Entrainment at cold glacier beds. Geology (Boulder), 28(4), 351-354.
16. Daines, M.J. and D.L. Kohlstedt. 1997. Influence of deformation on melt topology in peridotites. J. Geophys. Res., 102(B5), 10,257-10,271.
17. Dash, J.G., H.Y. Fu and J.S. Wettlaufer. 1995. The premelting of ice and its environmental consequences. Rep. Prog. Phys., 58(1), 115-166.
18. Denton, G.H., D.E. Sugden, D.R. Marchant, B.L. Hall and T.I. Wilch. 1993. East Antarctic Ice Sheet sensitivity to Pliocene climatic change from a Dry Valleys perspective. Geog. Ann., 75A(4), 155-204.
19. Echelmeyer, K. and Z. Wang. 1987. Direct observation of basal sliding and deformation of basal drift at sub-freezing temperatures. J. Glaciol., 33(113), 83-98.
20. 2 over the last 1000 years from air in Antarctic ice and firn. J. Geophys. Res., 101 (D2), 4115-4128.
21. Fitzsimons, S.J., K.J. McManus and R.D. Lorrain. 1999. Structure and strength of basal ice and substrate of a dry-based glacier: evidence for substrate deformation at sub-freezing temperatures. Ann. Glaciol., 28, 236-240.
22. Fitzsimons, S.J., K.J. McManus, P. Sirota and R.D. Lorrain. 2001. Direct shear tests of materials from a cold glacier: implications for landform development. Quat. Int., 86(1), 129-137.
23. Fukazawa, H., K. Sugiyama, S. Mae, H. Narita and T. Hondoh. 1998. Acid ions at triple junction of Antarctic ice observed by Raman scattering. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25(15), 2845-2848.
24. Gilpin, R.R. 1979. A model of the 'liquid-like' layer between ice and a substrate with applications to wire regelation and particle migration. J. Colloid. Interface Sci., 68(2), 235-251.
25. Glen, J.W., D.R. Homer and J.G. Paren. 1977. Water at grain boundaries: its role in the purification of temperate glacier ice. In Isotopes and Impurities in Snow and Ice. Wallingford, Oxon., International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 263-271. (IAHS Publication 118.)
26. Gow, A.J. and T. Williamson. 1976. Rheological implications of the internal structure and crystal fabrics of the West Antarctic ice sheet as revealed by deep core drilling at Byrd Station. CRREL Rep. 76-35.
27. Gross, G.W., C. McKee and C.H. Wu. 1975. Concentration dependent solute redistribution at the ice/water phase boundary. 1. Analysis. J. Chem. Phys., 62(8), 3080-3084.
28. Guillope, M. and J.P. Poirier. 1979. Dynamic recrystallization during creep of single-crystalline halite: an experimental study. J. Geophys. Res., 84(BIO), 5557-5567.
29. Hemmingsen, E. 1959. Permeation of gases through ice. Tellus, 11(3), 355-359.
30. Hirth, G. and D.L. Kohlstedt. 1995. Experimental constraints on the dynamics of the partially molten upper mantle. 2. Deformation in the dislocation creep regime. J. Geophys. Res., 100(B8), 15,441-15,449.
31. Holdsworth, G. 1974. Meserve Glacier, Wright Valley, Antarctica: Part I. Basal processes. Ohio State Univ. Inst. Polar Stud Rep. 37.
32. Hooke, R.LeB. and P.J. Hudleston. 1978. Origin of foliation in glaciers. J. Glaciol., 20(83), 285-299.
33. Hubbard, B. and M. Sharp. 1989. Basal ice formation and deformation: a review. Progress in Physical Geography, 13(4), 529-558.
34. Jacka, T.H. and J. Li. 1994. The steady-state crystal size of deforming ice. Ann. Glaciol., 20, 13-18.
35. Kamb, W.B. 1959. Ice petrofabric observations from Blue Glacier, Washington, in relation to theory and experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 64(11), 1891-1909.
36. Kamb, B. 1972. Experimental recrystallization of ice under stress. In Heard, H.C., I.Y. Borg, N.L. Carter and C.B. Raleigh, eds. Flow and fracture of rocks. Washington, DC, American Geophysical Union, 211-241. (Geophysical Monograph 16.)
37. Kizaki, K. 1969. Ice-fabric study of the Mawson region, East Antarctica. J. Glaciol., 8(53), 253-276.
38. Kleman, J. 1994. Preservation of landforms under ice sheets and ice caps. Geomorphology, 9(1), 19-32.
39. Knight, P.G. 1994. Two-facies interpretation of the basal layer of the Greenland ice sheet contributes to a unified model of basal ice formation. Geology (Boulder), 22(11), 971-974.
40. Langway, C.C., Jr. 1958. Ice fabrics and the universal stage. SIPRE Tech. Rep. 62.
41. Lawson, D.E. 1979. Sedimentological analysis of the western terminus region of the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska. CRREL Rep. 79-9.
42. Lawson, W. 1996. The relative strengths of debris-laden basal ice and clean glacier ice: some evidence from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica. Ann. Glaciol., 23, 270-276.
43. Lliboutry, L. 1971. Permeability, brine content and temperature of temperate ice. J. Glaciol., 10(58), 15-29.
44. Mader, H.M. 1992a. Observations of the water-vein system in polycrystalline ice. J. Glaciol., 38(130), 333-347.
45. Mader, H.M. 1992b. The thermal behaviour of the water-vein system in polycrystalline ice. J. Glaciol., 38(130), 359-374.
46. Martinerie, P., D. Raynaud, D.M. Etheridge, J.M. Barnola and D. Mazaudier. 1992. Physical and climatic parameters which influence the air content of polar ice. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 112(1-4), 1-13.
47. Mulvaney, R., E.W. Wolff and K. Oates. 1988. Sulphuric acid at grain boundaries in Antarctic ice. Nature, 331(6153), 247-249.
48. Neftel, A., H. Oeschger, J. Schwander and B. Stauffer. 1983. Carbon dioxide concentration in bubbles of natural cold ice. J. Phys. Chem., 87(21), 4116-4120.
49. Nye, J.F. 1989. The geometry of water veins and nodes in polycrystalline ice. J. Glaciol., 35(119), 17-22.
50. Passchier, C.W. and C. Simpson. 1986. Porphyroclast systems as kinematic indicators. J. Struct. Geol., 8(8), 831-843.
51. Paterson, W.S.B. 1994. The physics of glaciers. Third edition. Oxford, etc., Elsevier.
52. Raymond, C.F. and W.D. Harrison. 1975. Some observations on the behavior of the liquid and gas phases in temperate glacier ice. J. Glaciol., 14(71), 213-233.
53. 2 and ice-sheet surface elevation. Ann. Glaciol., 3, 265-268.
54. 4 change in the Vostok ice core. Nature, 333(6174), 655-657.
55. Rempel, A.W., E.D. Waddington, J.S. Wettlaufer and M.G. Worster. 2001. Possible displacement of the climate signal in ancient ice by premelting and anomalous diffusion. Nature, 411(6837), 568-571.
56. Rigsby, G.P. 1960. Crystal orientation in glacier and experimentally deformed ice. J. Glaciol., 3(27), 589-606.
57. Robinson, P.H. 1984. Ice dynamics and thermal regime of Taylor Glacier, South Victoria Land, Anatarctica. J. Glaciol., 30(105), 153-160.
58. Samyn, D., A. Svensson, S. Fitzsimons and R. Lorrain. 2005. Dynamic recrystallization associated with gas composition changes in basal ice from an Antarctic glacier. Geophys. Res. Abstr. 7, 09289. (1607-7962/gra/ EGU05-A-09289.)
59. Sleewaegen, S., D. Samyn, S.J. Fitzsimons and R.D. Lorrain. 2003. Equifinality of basal ice facies from an Antarctic cold-based glacier. Ann. Glaciol., 37, 257-262.
60. Souchez, R. 1997. The buildup of the ice sheet in central Greenland. J. Geophys. Res., 102(C12), 26,317-26,323.
61. Souchez, R., M. Lemmens, J.L. Tison, R. Lorrain and L. Janssens. 1993. Reconstruction of basal boundary conditions at the Greenland ice sheet margin from gas composition in the ice. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 118(1-4), 327-333.
62. Souchez, R., D. Samyn, R. Lorrain, F. Pattyn and S. Fitzsimons. 2004. An isotopic model for basal freeze-on associated with subglacial upward flow of pore water. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31(2), L02401. (10.1029/ 2003GL018861.)
63. 2 concentrations in air extracted from Greenland ice samples. In Langway, C.C., Jr, H. Oeschger and W. Dansgaard, eds. Greenland ice core: geophysics, geochemistry. and the environment. Washington, DC, American Geophysical Union, 1-8. (Geophysical Monograph 33.)
64. Sugden, D.E. and B.S. John. 1976. Glaciers and landscape; a geomorphological approach. London, Edward Arnold.
65. Thorsteinsson, T., J. Kipfstuhl, H. Eicken, S.J. Johnsen and K. Fuhrer. 1995. Crystal size variations in Eemian-age ice from the GRIP ice core, central Greenland. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 131(3-4), 381-394.
66. Tison, J.L. 1994. Diamond wire-saw cutting technique for investigating textures and fabrics of debris-laden ice and brittle ice. J. Glaciol., 40(135), 410-414.
67. Tison, J.L., J.R. Petit, J.M. Barnola and W.C. Mahaney. 1993. Debris entrainment at the ice-bedrock interface in sub-freezing temperature conditions (Terre Adélie, Antarctica). J. Glaciol., 39(132), 303-315.
68. Weiss, R.F., P. Bucher, H. Oeschger and H. Craig. 1972. Compositional variations of gases in temperate glaciers. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 16(2), 178-184.
69. Wettlaufer, J.S. 1999. Impurity effects in the premelting of ice. Phys. Rev. Lett., 82(12), 2516-2519.
70. Wilson, C.J.L., Y. Zhang and K. Stüwe. 1996. Effects of localized deformation on melting processes in ice. Cold Reg. Sci. Technol., 24(2), 177-189.