Increased rate of acceleration on Pine Island Glacier strongly coupled to changes in gravitational driving stress

• Main Authors: J. B. T. Scott, G. H. Gudmundsson, A. M. Smith, R. G. Bingham, H. D. Pritchard, D. G. Vaughan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2009
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Pine Island Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pine Island; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/07f325e9c6614d25906f9eca220c2fb7

Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica, has been undergoing several related changes for at least two decades; these include acceleration, thinning and grounding line retreat. During the first major ground-based study between 2006 and 2008, GPS receivers were used to monitor ice flow from 55 km to 171 km in...