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DOI | 10.1002/ppp.731 |
A 2D Model for Characterising First-order Variability in Sublimation of Buried Glacier Ice, Antarctica: Assessing the Influence of Polygon Troughs, Desert Pavements and Shallow Subsurface Salts | |
Kowalewski, Douglas E.1; Marchant, David R.1; Head, James W., III2; Jackson, David W.1 | |
通讯作者 | Kowalewski, Douglas E. |
来源期刊 | PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES
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ISSN | 1045-6740 |
出版年 | 2012 |
卷号 | 23期号:1页码:1-14 |
英文摘要 | To assess the role of thermal contraction-crack polygons (sublimation polygons) in modulating sublimation of buried glacier ice in Antarctica, we applied a 2D numerical model using COMSOL Multiphysics that calculates the rate and spatial variability of vapour diffusion through porous media. Specifically, we examined vapour transport through Granite drift, a dry supraglacial till marked with thermal contraction-crack polygons that rests on glacier ice reportedly =8-million years in age. The model results show that sublimation varies with drift texture and surface topography. Initially, the rates are highest beneath relatively coarse-grained sand-wedge deposits at polygon margins, creating deep, surface troughs. As troughs approach similar to 1-m depth, the cooler atmospheric and soil temperatures that arise from solar shielding reduce the rates of ice sublimation to levels below that at polygon centres, preventing runaway ice loss at polygon margins. Including the effects of a salt-cemented horizon at 10-15-cm depth (porosity 20%) and a rocky surface pavement (75% ground coverage), our modelled ice loss at polygon centres, for example, is 0.022?mm a-1, an order of magnitude lower than previous estimates (0.14?mm a-1). This finding highlights the importance of including field-based data for drift texture, topography and microclimate variation in modelling ice sublimation. The results also suggest that stable conditions (no ice loss) at polygon centres are possible with either a 1.9 degrees C decrease in mean annual atmospheric temperature or a 12 per cent increase in mean annual relative humidity. These results indicate that the preservation of buried, multi-million-year-old ice is plausible in the coldest and driest regions of Antarctica. Copyright (C) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
英文关键词 | Antarctica Beacon Valley ancient ice sublimation thermal contraction-crack polygons numerical modelling |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000301341300001 |
WOS关键词 | MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS ; BEACON VALLEY ; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; TAYLOR VALLEY ; GROUND ICE ; LONG-TERM ; PERMAFROST ; SNOW ; MARS |
WOS类目 | Geography, Physical ; Geology |
WOS研究方向 | Physical Geography ; Geology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/174354 |
作者单位 | 1.Boston Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Boston, MA 02215 USA; 2.Brown Univ, Dept Geol Sci, Providence, RI 02912 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kowalewski, Douglas E.,Marchant, David R.,Head, James W., III,et al. A 2D Model for Characterising First-order Variability in Sublimation of Buried Glacier Ice, Antarctica: Assessing the Influence of Polygon Troughs, Desert Pavements and Shallow Subsurface Salts[J],2012,23(1):1-14. |
APA | Kowalewski, Douglas E.,Marchant, David R.,Head, James W., III,&Jackson, David W..(2012).A 2D Model for Characterising First-order Variability in Sublimation of Buried Glacier Ice, Antarctica: Assessing the Influence of Polygon Troughs, Desert Pavements and Shallow Subsurface Salts.PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES,23(1),1-14. |
MLA | Kowalewski, Douglas E.,et al."A 2D Model for Characterising First-order Variability in Sublimation of Buried Glacier Ice, Antarctica: Assessing the Influence of Polygon Troughs, Desert Pavements and Shallow Subsurface Salts".PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES 23.1(2012):1-14. |
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