The sensitivity of Cook Glacier, East Antarctica, to changes in ice-shelf extent and grounding-line position

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Jordan, James R., Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar, Jenkins, Adrian, Stokes, Chris R., Miles, Bertie W. J., Jamieson, Stewart S. R.
• Other Authors: Natural Environment Research Council
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2021
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; East Antarctica; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Cook Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.106; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143021001064

Abstract The Wilkes Subglacial Basin in East Antarctica contains ice equivalent to 3–4 m of global mean sea level rise and is primarily drained by Cook Glacier. Of concern is that recent observations (since the 1970s) show an acceleration in ice speed over the grounding line of both the Eastern and...