ProphetesAI is thinking...
ice-stream
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
ice-stream
ˈice-stream 1. A stream of ice-floes carried by the wind or a permanent current in a particular course. Chiefly applied to that which sweeps round Cape Farewell at the southern extremity of Greenland.1878 Nares Voy. Polar Sea I. 8, I found that we had run deeper into the ice-stream than I had intend...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Ice stream
An ice stream is a region of fast-moving ice within an ice sheet. It is a type of glacier, a body of ice that moves under its own weight. They can move upwards of a year, and can be up to in width, and hundreds of kilometers in length. They tend to be about deep at the thickest, and constitute the m...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Williams Ice Stream
Williams Ice Stream is an ice stream about fifteen miles (24 km) long flowing into Venable Ice Shelf just east of Fletcher Peninsula. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Richard S. Williams, Jr., senior research geologist, United States Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Fox Ice Stream
Fox Ice Stream () is an ice stream about long flowing into Eltanin Bay southwest of Wirth Peninsula, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Adrian Fox of the British Antarctic Survey, part of the USA–UK cooperative project to compile Glaciological and Coastal-Cha...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Evans Ice Stream
The Evans Ice Stream is a large ice stream draining from Ellsworth Land, between Cape Zumberge and Fowler Ice Rise, into the western part of the Ronne Ice Shelf. Mills Glacier flows adjacently into the ice stream from the southwest side. The feature was recorded on February 5, 1974, in Landsat image...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Institute Ice Stream
The Institute Ice Stream () is an ice stream flowing north into the Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, southeast of Hercules Inlet. The feature was traversed by the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Ellsworth–Byrd Seismic Party, 1958–59, and the USARP – University of Wisconsin Seismic Party...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Berg Ice Stream
Berg Ice Stream () is an ice stream about long flowing into Carroll Inlet between Rydberg Peninsula and Espenschied Nunatak, on the English Coast. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarcti...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Horlick Ice Stream
Horlick Ice Stream () is a large ice stream on the featureless ice surface to the north of the main mass of the Horlick Mountains of Antarctica, draining west-southwestward, parallel to these mountains, to enter the lower portion of the Reedy Glacier. It was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Blackwall Ice Stream
Blackwall Ice Stream () is a slightly S-shaped Antarctic ice stream about long and wide. It descends from about to where it joins Recovery Glacier between the Argentina Range and the Whichaway Nunataks. It was named after Hugh Blackwall Evans (1874–1975), an English-born Canadian naturalist with the...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Echelmeyer Ice Stream
The Echelmeyer Ice Stream (), formerly known as Ice Stream F, is a glaciological feature of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. It is an ice stream flowing west to the Shirase Coast to the north of the MacAyeal Ice Stream, and is one of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Ferrigno Ice Stream
Ferrigno Ice Stream () is an ice Stream more than long flowing into Eltanin Bay southwest of Wirth Peninsula, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Jane G. Ferrigno of the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Ferrigno has been a specialist for some decades fr...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Mercer Ice Stream
Mercer Ice Stream (), formerly Ice Stream A, flows west to Gould Coast to the south of Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica. It is the southernmost of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross Ice Shelf. The ice streams were investigated and mapped by U.S. Antarctic Research P...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Patuxent Ice Stream
Patuxent Ice Stream () is a broad Antarctic ice stream between the Patuxent Range and Pecora Escarpment in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northwestward to the upper part of Foundation Ice Stream. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1956-66. Named b...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Shimizu Ice Stream
Shimizu Ice Stream () is an ice stream in the Horlick Mountains, draining west-northwest from the area between Wisconsin Range and Long Hills to enter the south flank of Horlick Ice Stream. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–64. Named by Advi...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
MacAyeal Ice Stream
MacAyeal Ice Stream (), formerly Ice Stream E, is an ice stream in Antarctica flowing west to the juncture of Shirase Coast and Siple Coast between Bindschadler Ice Stream and Echelmeyer Ice Stream. It is one of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross Ice Shelf. The ice...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org