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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Geophys Res Earth Surf. 2016 Jul 23;121(7):1328–1350. doi: 10.1002/2015JF003803

Table 3.

Areal Fraction of Inferred Basal Thermal State of the GrIS by Method and Synthesis

Method Basal thermal state (%)a

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
a

Standard value followed by range in parentheses. Values rounded to integer percentage.

b

Likely basal thermal state as shown in Figure 11 and following hole-filling operation.