Regulation of ice stream flow through subglacial formation of gas hydrates
| Autor: | Henry Patton, Karin Andreassen, Monica Winsborrow, Eythor Gudlaugsson, Alun Hubbard, Andreia Plaza-Faverola |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Ice stream Clathrate hydrate 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences eye diseases Subglacial stream Traction (geology) Subglacial eruption General Earth and Planetary Sciences sense organs Ice sheet Petrology human activities Methane gas Geomorphology Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Nature Geoscience. 9:370-374 |
| ISSN: | 1752-0908 1752-0894 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/ngeo2696 |
| Popis: | Localized subglacial zones of high traction help to regulate ice sheet flow. Geophysical data from a palaeo-ice-stream suggest that methane gas accumulation and hydrate formation beneath ice sheets can produce such high-traction sticky spots. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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