Rapid iceberg calving following removal of tightly packed pro-glacial mélange

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Surui Xie, Timothy H. Dixon, David M. Holland, Denis Voytenko, Irena Vaňková
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
• Subjects: Science; Q; Jakobshavn Isbræ; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10908-4; https://doaj.org/article/aa3a0a19794346b2a23a54e24bd7e604

Observation systems are not sufficient to determine the relationship between mélange strength and calving frequency. Here the authors used the derivation of digital elevation models from radar interferometry data to study Jakobshavn Isbræ and show an inverse correlation between mélange thickness and...