Toward Improved Understanding of Changes in Greenland Outlet Glacier Shear Margin Dynamics in a Warming Climate

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Derrick J. Lampkin, Byron Parizek, Eric Y. Larour, Hélène Seroussi, Casey Joseph, John P. Cavanagh
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
• Subjects: glaciology; meltwater; ice dynamics; supraglacial hydrology; remote sensing; Science; Q; Greenland; Jakobshavn Isbræ; glacier; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00156; https://doaj.org/article/ae957b9980534be0b3dc647774f83a01

The Greenland Ice Sheet has experienced accelerated mass loss over the last couple decades, in part due to destabilization of marine-terminating outlet glaciers. Retreat and acceleration of outlet glaciers coincides with atmospheric and oceanic warming resulting in a significant contribution to sea-...