Tides modulate crevasse opening prior to a major calving event at Bowdoin Glacier, Northwest Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: van Dongen, Eef, Jouvet, Guillaume, Walter, Andrea, Todd, Joe, Zwinger, Thomas, Asaji, Izumi, Sugiyama, Shin, Walter, Fabian, Funk, Martin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2019
• Subjects: Greenland; Bowdoin; glacier; Journal of Glaciology; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.89; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143019000893

Abstract Retreat of calving glaciers worldwide has contributed substantially to sea-level rise in recent decades. Mass loss by calving contributes significantly to the uncertainty of sea-level rise projections. At Bowdoin Glacier, Northwest Greenland, most calving occurs by a few large events result...