Ocean access beneath the southwest tributary of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Dustin M. Schroeder, Andrew M. Hilger, John D. Paden, Duncan A. Young, Hugh F. J. Corr
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2018
• Subjects: glaciological instruments and methods; ground-penetrating radar; ice/ocean interactions; radio-echo sounding; remote sensing; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Pine Island Glacier; Thwaites Glacier; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2017.45; https://doaj.org/article/7f50ce51262d47e89164a4b8944ccb95

The catchments of Pine Island Glacier and Thwaites Glacier in the Amundsen Sea Embayment are two of the largest, most rapidly changing, and potentially unstable sectors of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. They are also neighboring outlets, separated by the topographically unconfined eastern shear margi...