Brief Communication: Rapid acceleration of the Brunt Ice Shelf after calving of iceberg A-81

The Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica, accelerated rapidly from 900 m a -1 to 1500 m a -1 during six months following the calving of a 1500 km 2 iceberg on 22 nd January 2023. Initially, the rate of acceleration increased by a factor of ten, with a second, smaller calving at the end of June 2023 leading t...

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Main Authors: Marsh, Oliver J., Luckman, Adrian J., Hodgson, Dominic A.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1949
https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2023/egusphere-2023-1949/