Interaction of marine ice-sheet instabilities in two drainage basins: simple scaling of geometry and transition time

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: J. Feldmann, A. Levermann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Misi; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-631-2015; https://doaj.org/article/24b80ddd96ce41cd82544be6b9557cae

The initiation of a marine ice-sheet instability (MISI) is generally discussed from the ocean side of the ice sheet. It has been shown that the reduction in ice-shelf buttressing and softening of the coastal ice can destabilize a marine ice sheet if the bedrock is sloping upward towards the ocean. U...