Numerical Modeling Shows Increased Fracturing Due to Melt-Undercutting Prior to Major Calving at Bowdoin Glacier

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Eef C. H. van Dongen, Jan A. Åström, Guillaume Jouvet, Joe Todd, Douglas I. Benn, Martin Funk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: glacier modeling; iceberg calving; numerical modeling; submarine melt; undercutting; crevasses; Science; Q; Greenland; Bowdoin; glacier; Ice Sheet; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00253; https://doaj.org/article/61facc20194a4c1885eb139612daac26

Projections of future ice sheet mass loss and thus sea level rise rely on the parametrization of iceberg calving in ice sheet models. The interconnection between submarine melt-induced undercutting and calving is still poorly understood, which makes predicted contributions of tidewater glaciers to s...