Whillans Ice Stream

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Whillans_Ice_Stream
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:river
gptkbp:adjacentTo gptkb:Bindschadler_Ice_Stream
gptkb:Kamb_Ice_Stream
gptkbp:contains gptkb:subglacial_lakes
gptkbp:contributedTo sea level rise
gptkbp:discoveredBy 1970s
gptkbp:flowsThrough gptkb:Ross_Ice_Shelf
gptkbp:formerName gptkb:Ice_Stream_B
gptkbp:hasSubglacialLake gptkb:Lake_Whillans
gptkbp:hasSurfaceVelocity ~300 m/year
gptkbp:length ~400 km
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:West_Antarctica
gptkbp:monitors satellite observations
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Ian_Whillans
gptkbp:notableFor episodic stick-slip motion
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:West_Antarctic_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:studiedBy glaciologists
gptkbp:width ~100 km
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Siple_Coast
gptkb:Antarctic_ice_sheet
gptkb:Priscu,_J.C._et_al._(2013)_'A_microbiologically_clean_strategy_for_access_to_the_Whillans_Ice_Stream_subglacial_environment'
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Whillans Ice Stream