Gravity Measurements on the Devon Island Ice cap and an Adjoining Glacier

Abstract

AbstractGravity measurements have been used to determine ice thicknesses across the western part of the Devon Island ice cap in the Canadian Arctic. A detailed profile of the ice-cap edge and a profile across an adjoining glacier are also given. The ice cap has been found to have a largely rock core with ice thicknesses generally less than 500 m. A deep valley has been found in the bedrock beneath the ice cap some 15 km. from the start of a draining glacier. The measured depths on the ice cap should be within 15 per cent and those on the glacier within 20 per cent of the true values.