King Baudouin Ice Shelf
The King Baudouin Ice Shelf (also called Roi Baudouin Ice shelf, from
Geology
The King Baudouin ice shelf is confined by two ice rises (including Derwael Ice Rise) and one under-ice pinning-point with a width of only a few kilometres; the latter seems to define the seaward edge of the ice shelf and impacts ice flow in the hinterland.[2][3]
Roi Baudoin Base
Belgium was one of the original 12 signatories of the
Study
The ice shelf is being actively studied by
- BELARE (Belgian Antarctic Research Project), with a
- Be:Wise, examining the ice dynamics where the shelf is grounded, and which buttress the ice flow from the East Antarctic ice sheet.[3]
Supposed meteor crater
In early 2015, scientists announced the discovery of an almost circular structure in the ice surface, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) wide. First hypothesis for its origin, among other ice-shelf processes,
References
- ^ Horizon Recherche newsletter December 2013 Université libre de Bruxelles
- ISSN 0022-1430.
- ^ a b Be:Wise -The Buttressing Effect: Why ice shelves are essential, antarcticstation.org, 12 November 2012, accessed 14 January 2015
- ^ Grand designs: new Antarctic research stations for the IPY, Jean de Pomereu, 28 May 2008, SciencePoles.org, accessed 14 January 2015
- ^ Researchers Use GPS to Track Antarctica's Ice Migration in Real Time, 14 December 2015, accessed 14 January 2015
- ^ Seidler, Christoph. "Antarktis: Forscher vermuten großen Meteoriten unterm Eis". SPIEGEL ONLINE.
- ^ A Curious Antarctic Ring - Could a newly spotted mile-wide impression be a meteorite impact?, Jim Festante, Slate.org, 13 January 2015
- ^ Weather Network, 12 January 2015, accessed 14 January 2015
- ^ a b Two km wide crater in Antarctica linked to 2004 meteorite impact, Jayalakshmi K, International Business Times, 11 January 2015, accessed 14 January 2015
- ^ Seidler, Christoph. "Antarktis: Forscher vermuten großen Meteoriten unterm Eisd". SPIEGEL ONLINE.
- ^ "Koudste deel Antarctica blijkt warmer dan gedacht". VRT.