Marine ice formation in a suture zone on the Larsen C Ice Shelf and its influence on ice shelf dynamics

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
• Main Authors: Jansen, Daniela, Luckman, A., Kulessa, B., Holland, P., King, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Joerg; Joerg peninsula; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/33606/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42145

Antarctic ice shelves are fed primarily by the glaciers flowing into them. Downstream of promontories separating these glaciers, super-cooled water can rise and freeze into suture zones, leading to the accretion of marine ice. Marine ice bodies have been found in several Antarctic ice shelves, but l...