Rapid accelerations of Antarctic Peninsula outlet glaciers driven by surface melt

Surface meltwater is known to influence the dynamics of some glaciers and the Greenland ice sheet. Here, the authors have identified the first examples of the drainage of surface meltwater to the bed of outlet glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula that trigger large and rapid accelerations of ice flow...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Peter A. Tuckett, Jeremy C. Ely, Andrew J. Sole, Stephen J. Livingstone, Benjamin J. Davison, J. Melchior van Wessem, Joshua Howard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
Subjects:
Science
Q
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Greenland
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12039-2
https://doaj.org/article/025e39347df94f6e83603b734b0d61d3
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Summary:Surface meltwater is known to influence the dynamics of some glaciers and the Greenland ice sheet. Here, the authors have identified the first examples of the drainage of surface meltwater to the bed of outlet glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula that trigger large and rapid accelerations of ice flow.

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