Antarctic Ice Sheet

GPTKB entity

Statements (67)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf sea ice
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Southern_Ocean
gptkbp:contains gptkb:East_Antarctic_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Siple_Coast
gptkb:West_Antarctic_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Aurora_Subglacial_Basin
gptkb:Dome_A
gptkb:Ellsworth_Mountains
gptkb:Marie_Byrd_Land
gptkb:Queen_Maud_Land
gptkb:Transantarctic_Mountains
gptkb:Dome_C
gptkb:Dome_Argus
gptkb:Dome_Fuji
gptkb:Wilkes_Subglacial_Basin
gptkb:Dronning_Maud_Land
gptkb:Byrd_Subglacial_Basin
gptkb:Gamburtsev_Mountains
mountain ranges
ice ridges
icebergs
ablation zones
firn
ice divides
ice domes
snow accumulation zones
subglacial rivers
ice cliffs
nunataks
katabatic winds
subglacial volcanoes
ice falls
ice tongues
subglacial basins
gptkbp:containsFreshwater about 60% of Earth's fresh water
gptkbp:containsIceVolume about 26.5 million cubic kilometers
gptkbp:formed gptkb:Cenozoic_Era
gptkbp:hasFeature gptkb:Lambert_Glacier
gptkb:Lake_Vostok
gptkb:Ronne_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:Ross_Ice_Shelf
crevasses
ice shelves
ice streams
subglacial lakes
subglacial mountains
blue ice areas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Antarctic Ice Sheet
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:marine
global ocean circulation
Earth's albedo
gptkbp:location gptkb:Antarctica
gptkbp:meltingContributesTo global sea level rise
gptkbp:monitors gptkb:NASA
gptkb:European_Space_Agency
gptkbp:servesArea about 14 million square kilometers
gptkbp:studiedBy glaciologists
gptkbp:subjectOf climate change research
paleoclimate studies
ice core drilling
gptkbp:thickness about 2.16 kilometers
about 4.8 kilometers
gptkbp:threats global warming
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Last_Ice_Age
gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
gptkb:Amundsen_Sea_sector
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6