Modelled dynamic retreat of Kangerlussuaq Glacier, East Greenland, strongly influenced by the consecutive absence of an ice mélange in Kangerlussuaq Fjord

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Jamie Barnett, Felicity A. Holmes, Nina Kirchner
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2023
• Subjects: Arctic glaciology; glacier calving; glaciological model experiments; ice/ocean interactions; sea-ice/ice-shelf interactions; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Arctic; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; East Greenland; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.70; https://doaj.org/article/bb2130b5821f4a389ccdfe4a3965a011

Mass loss at the Greenland Ice Sheet is influenced by atmospheric processes controlling its surface mass balance, and by submarine melt and calving where glaciers terminate in fjords. There, an ice mélange – a composite matrix of calved ice bergs and sea ice – may provide a buttressing force on a gl...