Anandakrishnan Glacier
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Anandakrishnan Glacier is a glacier
about 15 miles (24.1 km) long draining through Ruppert Coast
north of Strauss Glacier
in Antarctica. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
after Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Penn State University geophysicist, whose glaciological interests focused on Antarctic ice sheet
studies, ice stream
migration, time-series investigations, and Antarctic tectonics
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Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
about 15 miles (24.1 km) long draining through Ruppert Coast
Ruppert Coast
Ruppert Coast is that portion of the coast of Marie Byrd Land between Brennan Point and Cape Burks, or between Saunders Coast in the west and Hobbs Coast in the east. It stretches from 146°31'W to 136°50'W. It was named by R. Admiral Richard Byrd for Col...
north of Strauss Glacier
Strauss Glacier
Strauss Glacier is a glacier, 40 nautical miles long, flowing between the Ickes Mountains and Coulter Heights to enter the sea at the east side of Land Bay, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. The naming was proposed to...
in Antarctica. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
after Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Penn State University geophysicist, whose glaciological interests focused on Antarctic ice sheet
Ice sheet
An ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km² , thus also known as continental glacier...
studies, ice stream
Ice stream
An ice stream is a region of an ice sheet that moves significantly faster than the surrounding ice. Ice streams are a type of glacier. They are significant features of the Antarctic where they account for 10% of the volume of the ice...
migration, time-series investigations, and Antarctic tectonics
Tectonics
Tectonics is a field of study within geology concerned generally with the structures within the lithosphere of the Earth and particularly with the forces and movements that have operated in a region to create these structures.Tectonics is concerned with the orogenies and tectonic development of...
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