Table 3.
Areal Fraction of Inferred Basal Thermal State of the GrIS by Method and Synthesis
Method | Basal thermal state (%)a | ||
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Frozen | Thawed | Uncertain | |
3-D thermomechanical model | 63 (56–80) | 29 (10–37) | 8 (7–10) |
Shape factor from radiostratigraphy | 40 (19–41) | 10 (9–12) | 14 (14–32) |
Maximum deformation speed | N/A | 33 (18–76) | N/A |
Surface texture | N/A | 69 (N/A–78) | N/A |
Synthesisb | 24 | 43 | 34 |
Standard value followed by range in parentheses. Values rounded to integer percentage.
Likely basal thermal state as shown in Figure 11 and following hole-filling operation.