Summary

Heard Island is a subantarctic island located at 530 06’ S 730 30’ E in the southern Indian Ocean. There are 29 glacierised basins on Heard Island, which cover 70% of this 367 km2 island. Since 1947 there has been significant retreat of the glaciers especially on the north east coast. Very little is known of the mass balance of these glaciers, particularly the accumulation. We completed a program of core and crevasse sampling to determine the net balance from stratigraphic data and glaciochemical analysis. The results of which along with other field data are presented here.

Authors:Donoghue S. Allison I. Published in: 2006 Category 3: Abstract Program area: Glaciology
Donoghue S., Allison I. (2006) Mass balance measurements of the Sub-Antarctic Brown Glacier, Heard Island, Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006. 0040/312;

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