A three-dimensional calving model: numerical experiments on Johnsons Glacier, Livingston Island, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Otero, Jaime, Navarro, Francisco J., Martin, Carlos, Cuadrado, Maria L., Corcuera, Maria I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2010
• Subjects: Glaciology; Johnsons; Johnsons Glacier; Livingston Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves; Journal of Glaciology; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/10852/; http://www.igsoc.org/journal/56/196/t09J076.pdf

Calving from tidewater glaciers and ice shelves accounts for around half the mass loss from both polar ice sheets, yet the process is not well represented in prognostic models of ice dynamics. Benn and others proposed a calving criterion appropriate for both grounded and floating glacier tongues or...