Geometric controls of tidewater glacier dynamics

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Frank, Thomas, Åkesson, Henning, Fleurian, Basile, Morlighem, Mathieu, Nisancioglu, Kerim H.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Jakobshavn Isbræ; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-581-2022; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/581/2022/

Retreat of marine outlet glaciers often initiates depletion of inland ice through dynamic adjustments of the upstream glacier. The local topography of a fjord may promote or inhibit such retreat, and therefore fjord geometry constitutes a critical control on ice sheet mass balance. To quantify the p...