Glacier crevasses: Observations, models, and mass balance implications

W Colgan, H Rajaram, W Abdalati… - Reviews of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We review the findings of approximately 60 years of in situ and remote sensing studies of
glacier crevasses, as well as the three broad classes of numerical models now employed to …

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 …

Antarctic ice shelf disintegration triggered by sea ice loss and ocean swell

RA Massom, TA Scambos, LG Bennetts, P Reid… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Understanding the causes of recent catastrophic ice shelf disintegrations is a crucial step
towards improving coupled models of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and predicting its future state …

Vulnerability of Antarctica's ice shelves to meltwater-driven fracture

CY Lai, J Kingslake, MG Wearing, PHC Chen… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Atmospheric warming threatens to accelerate the retreat of the Antarctic Ice Sheet by
increasing surface melting and facilitating 'hydrofracturing',,,,,–, where meltwater flows into …

Antarctic ice shelf potentially stabilized by export of meltwater in surface river

RE Bell, W Chu, J Kingslake, I Das, M Tedesco… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Meltwater stored in ponds and crevasses can weaken and fracture ice shelves, triggering
their rapid disintegration. This ice-shelf collapse results in an increased flux of ice from …

Surface melt and ponding on Larsen C Ice Shelf and the impact of föhn winds

A Luckman, A Elvidge, D Jansen, B Kulessa… - Antarctic …, 2014 - cambridge.org
A common precursor to ice shelf disintegration, most notably that of Larsen B Ice Shelf, is
unusually intense or prolonged surface melt and the presence of surface standing water …

Kinematic first-order calving law implies potential for abrupt ice-shelf retreat

A Levermann, T Albrecht, R Winkelmann… - The …, 2012 - tc.copernicus.org
Recently observed large-scale disintegration of Antarctic ice shelves has moved their fronts
closer towards grounded ice. In response, ice-sheet discharge into the ocean has …

[HTML][HTML] Massive subsurface ice formed by refreezing of ice-shelf melt ponds

B Hubbard, A Luckman, DW Ashmore, S Bevan… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Surface melt ponds form intermittently on several Antarctic ice shelves. Although implicated
in ice-shelf break up, the consequences of such ponding for ice formation and ice-shelf …

Subglacial melt channels and fracture in the floating part of Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica

DG Vaughan, HFJ Corr… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A dense grid of ice‐penetrating radar sections acquired over Pine Island Glacier, West
Antarctica has revealed a network of sinuous subglacial channels, typically 500 m to 3 km …

[HTML][HTML] Damage detection on antarctic ice shelves using the normalised radon transform

M Izeboud, S Lhermitte - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Areas of structural damage mechanically weaken Antarctic ice shelves. This potentially
preconditions ice shelves for disintegration and enhanced grounding line retreat. The …