The evolving instability of the remnant Larsen B Ice Shelf and its tributary glaciers

• Main Authors: Khazendar, A, Borstad, CP, Scheuchl, B, Rignot, E, Seroussi, H
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
• Subjects: Geochemistry & Geophysics; Physical Sciences; Earth Sciences; Flask Glacier; Starbuck Glacier; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0f98m44s

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Following the 2002 disintegration of the northern and central parts of the Larsen B Ice Shelf, the tributary glaciers of the southern surviving part initially appeared relatively unchanged and hence assumed to be buttressed sufficiently by the remnant ice shelf. Here, we modify...