Changes in ice-shelf buttressing following the collapse of Larsen A Ice Shelf, Antarctica, and the resulting impact on tributaries

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: ROYSTON, SAM, GUDMUNDSSON, G. HILMAR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2016
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Drygalski; Drygalski Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.77; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143016000770

ABSTRACT The dominant mass-loss process on the Antarctic Peninsula has been ice-shelf collapse, including the Larsen A Ice Shelf in early 1995. Following this collapse, there was rapid speed up and thinning of its tributary glaciers. We model the impact of this ice-shelf collapse on upstream tributa...