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

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Khazendar, A, Borstad, CP, Scheuchl, B, Rignot, E, Seroussi, H
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2015
• Subjects: Flask Glacier; Starbuck Glacier; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7m1405b0

© 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...