What we know about the bed in front of Thwaites Glacier: existing marine geophysical datasets

• Main Authors: Hogan, Kelly, Larter, Robert D., Nitsche, Frank O., Graham, Alastair G. C., Wellner, Julia, Simkins, Lauren, Gohl, Karsten, Arndt, Jan Erik, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Smith, James A., Minzoni, Rebecca, Anderson, John B., Hong, Jongkuk
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Ice Shelf; Thwaites Glacier
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/47720/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.564d9442-ccaf-4de6-a492-011a87128672

It is becoming increasingly apparent that bathymetry plays a crucial role in determining the behavior of marine-terminating glaciers. This is because variations in the shape of the bed can produce both pinning points where glaciers (or their floating tongues) can ground and stabilize, as well as pat...