Subglacial bathymetry and sediment distribution beneath Pine Island Glacier ice shelf modeled using aerogravity and in situ geophysical data: New results

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Muto, A., Peters, L., Gohl, K., Sasgen, I., Alley, R., Anandakrishnan, S., Riverman, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Pine Island Glacier; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_1412042

Pine Island Glacier (PIG) in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is losing mass and contributing to global sea-level rise at an accelerating rate. Although recent observations and modeling have identified the incursion of relatively warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) beneat...