Geometric and oceanographic controls on melting beneath Pine Island Glacier

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: De Rydt, J., Holland, P.R., Dutrieux, P., Jenkins, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Pine Island Glacier; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503545/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503545/1/jgrc20646.pdf; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2013JC009513/abstract

Observations beneath the floating section of Pine Island Glacier have revealed the presence of a subglacial ridge which rises up to 300 m above the surrounding bathymetry. This topographic feature probably served as a steady grounding line position until sometime before the 1970s, when an ongoing ph...