Creep deformation and buttressing capacity of damaged ice shelves: theory and application to Larsen C ice shelf

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: C. P. Borstad, E. Rignot, J. Mouginot, M. P. Schodlok
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Bawden Ice Rise; Buttress; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1931-2013; https://doaj.org/article/d7f9ce2590bb4f81863e552dfae31e08

Around the perimeter of Antarctica, much of the ice sheet discharges to the ocean through floating ice shelves. The buttressing provided by ice shelves is critical for modulating the flux of ice into the ocean, and the presently observed thinning of ice shelves is believed to be reducing their buttr...