The Red Rock ice cliff revisited – six decades of frontal, mass and area changes in the Nunatarssuaq area, Northwest Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Abermann, Jakob, Steiner, Jakob F, Prinz, Rainer, Wecht, Matthias, Lisager, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2020
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Greenland; Red Rock; Ice cap; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.28; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143020000283

Abstract We present changes of the ice margin in Northwest Greenland at the Eastern part of the Nunatarssuaq Ice Cap (NIC) over six decades. The ice margin in this area terminates as a near-vertical ice cliff of between 9 and 33 m thickness. During the years 1954–1957 and in 1965 multi-disciplinary...