Classification of calving fronts around Antarctica

• Main Author: Wesche, Christine
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Greenland; Ronne Ice Shelf; Mertz Glacier; Mawson Coast; Moa; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/30213/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/30213/1/abstract.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.39136; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.39136.d001

Iceberg calving is the largest loss term in Antarctic mass balance. The iceberg areas vary from a few square meters (growler) to several hundred square kilometres (huge tabular icebergs or ice islands) and their shape (blocky, domed or tabular) depends on the morphology of their calving front. The A...