Interaction of marine ice-sheet instabilities in two drainage basins: Simple scaling of geometry and transition time

• Main Authors: Feldmann, J., Levermann, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: München : European Geopyhsical Union 2015
• Subjects: bedrock; conceptual framework; drainage basin; elevation; ice sheet; ice shelf; three-dimensional flow; topography; transition zone; 550; Misi; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.34657/1037; https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/684

The initiation of a marine ice-sheet instability (MISI) is generally discussed from the ocean side of the ice sheet. It has been shown that the reduction in ice-shelf buttressing and softening of the coastal ice can destabilize a marine ice sheet if the bedrock is sloping upward towards the ocean. U...