Extended Data Fig. 1: Relic crevasses in Henry Ice Rise. | Nature

Extended Data Fig. 1: Relic crevasses in Henry Ice Rise.

From: Extensive retreat and re-advance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Holocene

Extended Data Fig. 1

a, Radargram, aligned perpendicular to the divide ridge (inset shows the location). One undulating isochrone is delineated with colours showing normalized elevation. b, c, Close-up views of the boxed regions indicated in a. In both close-up panels, diffractors (hyperbolic reflectors) are interpreted as expressions of relic crevasses (data are unmigrated). The red vertical dashed line is the present-day grounding line31. df, Radargrams aligned approximately perpendicular to northern relic crevasses (d and e show migrated data). In c (6 km ≤ x ≤ 8 km) and f (0.3 km ≤ x ≤ 1.4 km) isochrones intercepting the bed are evident. g, Three relic crevasses mapped across several radar lines over a Radarsat Antarctic Mapping Project (RAMP) image94. The inset is an oblique, three-dimensional view of the features over an interpolated surface, showing the bed elevation zb (see Methods). Crevasse spacing in these areas ranges between approximately 200 m and 600 m. The arrow indicates the view direction of the oblique view.

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