Viscosity and elasticity: a model intercomparison of ice-shelf bending in an Antarctic grounding zone

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: CHRISTIAN T. WILD, OLIVER J. MARSH, WOLFGANG RACK
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2017
• Subjects: glaciological model experiments; ice shelves; ice/ocean interactions; ice rheology; remote sensing; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2017.15; https://doaj.org/article/474d913df7674a67a1d3cdd65ce07cd9

Grounding zones are vital to ice-sheet mass balance and its coupling to the global ocean circulation. Processes here determine the mass discharge from the grounded ice sheet, to the floating ice shelves. The response of this transition zone to tidal forcing has been described by both elastic and vis...