Structures and deformation in glaciers and ice sheets

SJA Jennings, MJ Hambrey - Reviews of Geophysics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aims of this review are to:(a) describe and interpret structures in valley glaciers in
relation to strain history; and (b) to explore how these structures inform our understanding of …

An overview of interactions and feedbacks between ice sheets and the Earth system

J Fyke, O Sergienko, M Löfverström… - Reviews of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ice sheet response to forced changes—such as that from anthropogenic climate forcing—is
closely regulated by two‐way interactions with other components of the Earth system. These …

The safety band of Antarctic ice shelves

JJ Fürst, G Durand, F Gillet-Chaulet, L Tavard… - Nature Climate …, 2016 - nature.com
The floating ice shelves along the seaboard of the Antarctic ice sheet restrain the outflow of
upstream grounded ice,. Removal of these ice shelves, as shown by past ice-shelf recession …

Physical processes controlling the rifting of Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica, prior to the calving of iceberg A68

E Larour, E Rignot, M Poinelli… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The sudden propagation of a major preexisting rift (full-thickness crack) in late 2016 on the
Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica led to the calving of tabular iceberg A68 in July 2017, one of …

Basal channels drive active surface hydrology and transverse ice shelf fracture

CF Dow, WS Lee, JS Greenbaum, CA Greene… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Ice shelves control sea-level rise through frictional resistance, which slows the seaward flow
of grounded glacial ice. Evidence from around Antarctica indicates that ice shelves are …

Oceanic and atmospheric forcing of Larsen C Ice-Shelf thinning

PR Holland, A Brisbourne, HFJ Corr, D Mcgrath… - The …, 2015 - tc.copernicus.org
The catastrophic collapses of Larsen A and B ice shelves on the eastern Antarctic Peninsula
have caused their tributary glaciers to accelerate, contributing to sea-level rise and …

Controls on Larsen C Ice Shelf Retreat From a 60‐Year Satellite Data Record

S Wang, H Liu, K Jezek, RB Alley… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid retreat of the Larsen A and B ice shelves has provided important clues about the ice
shelf destabilization processes. The Larsen C Ice Shelf, the largest remaining ice shelf on …

[HTML][HTML] Observing the disintegration of the A68A iceberg from space

A Braakmann-Folgmann, A Shepherd, L Gerrish… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Icebergs impact the physical and biological properties of the ocean where they drift,
depending on the degree of melting. We use satellite imagery and altimetry to quantify the …

The impact of föhn winds on surface energy balance during the 2010–2011 melt season over Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica

JC King, A Kirchgaessner, S Bevan… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We use model data from the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS), measurements
from automatic weather stations and satellite observations to investigate the association …

The instantaneous impact of calving and thinning on the Larsen C Ice Shelf

T Mitcham, GH Gudmundsson, JL Bamber - The Cryosphere, 2022 - tc.copernicus.org
The Antarctic Peninsula has seen rapid and widespread changes in the extent of its ice
shelves in recent decades, including the collapse of the Larsen A and B ice shelves in 1995 …