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

• Main Authors: Khazendar, Ala, Borstad, Christopher P, Scheuchl, Bernd, Rignot, Eric, Seroussi, Helene
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2015
• Subjects: Antarctica; Larsen Ice Shelf; ice-shelf instability; laser altimetry; InSAR ice flow speeds; numerical ice modeling; Physical Sciences; Earth Sciences; Geochemistry & Geophysics; Flask Glacier; Starbuck Glacier; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7m1405b0

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 this perception with...