ESTIMATION OF THE WANDA GLACIER (SOUTH SHETLANDS) SEDIMENT EROSION RATE USING NUMERICAL MODELLING

Revista Brasileira de Geomorfologia

Rosemary Vieira¹  Kátia Kellem Rosa²  Jefferson Cardia Simões³ 

[1] Universidade Federal Fluminense;Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul;Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Instituto Nacional da Criosfera.;

关键词: numeric model glacial erosion;    glacial sediment production rate;    glacial dynamics;    climatic variability;   

DOI  :  10.20502/rbg.v13i4.288

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Glacial sediment yield results from glacial erosion and is influenced by several factors including glacial retreat rate, ice flow velocity and thermal regime. This paper estimates the contemporary subglacial erosion rate and sediment yield of Wanda Glacier (King George Island, South Shetlands). This work also examines basal sediment evacuation mechanisms by runoff and glacial erosion processes during the subglacial transport. This is small temperate glacier that has seen retreating for the last decades. In this work, we examine basal sediment evacuation mechanisms by runoff and analyze glacial erosion processes occurring during subglacial transport. The glacial erosion rate at Wanda Glacier, estimated using a numerical model that consider sediment evacuated to outlet streams, ice flow velocity, ice thickness and glacier area, is 1.1 ton m yr^-1.

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