Recent Evolution of Supraglacial Lakes on ice shelves in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Mahagaonkar, Anirudha, Moholdt, Geir, Schuler, Thomas V.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Fimbulisen; Muninisen; Nivlisen; Riiser-Larsen; Roi Baudouin; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2023-4; https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2023-4/

Accumulation of meltwater on the surface of ice shelves can have severe impacts on the ice sheet – ice shelf stability regime. Meltwater ponding on ice shelves can cause firn air depletion, flexure, hydrofracture and collapse of shelves that could further lead to increased ice-sheet discharge and se...